The Defence of Poesy

The Defence of Poesy Glossary

faculty

Here, a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution

pedanteria / pedantry

presentation or application of knowledge or learning

gilding

ornamentation that gives an attractive but often deceptive appearance to an object

inveigh

to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently

posterity

all future generations

venerable

calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments

vein

here, a distinctive mode of expression; style

perchance

possibly

manifest

easily understood or recognized by the mind; obvious

conceit

here, concept, invention

metre

systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse (meter)

prosopopoeias

a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting

divers

diverse

palpable

easily perceptible

betwixt

between

sundry

miscellaneous, various

appareled

clothed or adorned

raiment

clothing, garments

peizing

weighing

epitaph

an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there

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