Arrant, arch: “a. knave,” Ado III, 5, 35. V, 1, 330. H4B V, 1, 35. H4B V, 1, 35 V, 4, 1. Hml. I, 5, 124. III, 1, 131. “that a. malmsey-nose knave,” H4B II, 1, 42. “a. counterfeit rascal,” H5 III, 6, 64. “a. traitor,” H5 IV, 8, 10. “a. thief,” Tim. IV, 3, 440. “a. whore,” Lr. II, 4, 52. “a. cowards,” H4A II, 2, 106. Fluellen says even: “as a. a piece of knavery,” H5 IV, 7, 2. “as a. a villain,” H5 IV, 7, 2 “what an a., rascally, beggarly, lousy knave it is,” IV, 8, 36.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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