Negligence, 1) want of care and attention: Lucr. 1278. Compl. 35. Mids. III, 2, 345. Tw. I, 4, 5. III, 4, 280. Wint. I, 2, 252. Wint. I, 2, 252 H8 III, 2, 213. Troil. V, 6, 17. Lr. I, 3, 12. III, 1, 32. Oth. I, 1, 76. . III, 3, 311. Cymb. I, 1, 66.
2) disregard, slight, contempt: “both the worlds I give to n., let come what comes; only I'll be revenged,” Hml. IV, 5, 134.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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