Shakespeare Words
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Dexterity
Popularized in Romeo and Juliet“ | All this uttered | |
| With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed, | ||
| Could not take truce with the unruly spleen | ||
| Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts | ||
| With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast, | ||
| Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, | ||
| And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats | ||
| Cold death aside and with the other sends | ||
| It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity, | ” |
It means now what it meant then: mad skillz. More specifically, physical skills. |
Tag: Romeo and Juliet