Damnable, 1) deserving damnation: “if it were d., why would he for the momentary trick be perdurably fined?” Meas. III, 1, 113. IV, 3, 73. As V, 2, 68. R3 I, 4, 197.
2) odious, detestable: “thou d. fellow, did not I pluck thee by the nose?” Meas. V, 342. All's IV, 3, 251. H4A I, 2, 101. Troil V, 1, 29. Hml. III, 2, 263.
Adverbially: “is it not meant d. in us, to be trumpeters of our unlawful intents?” All's IV, 3, 31 (i. e. is not our drift a damnable one?). “inconstant and d. ingrateful,” Wint. III, 2, 188.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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