Shakespearean Imagination

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God save you, neighbours!

It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

Without further ado, I give you today’s word:

drugged : drugged /drəgd/ (adjective) (verb):

adjective
- unconscious or in a stupor as a result of taking or being given a drug
- something which has been altered by the addition of a drug

verb
- having added a drug to something or administered a drug to someone, usually unawares


Synonyms as an adjective: stuporous
Synonyms as a verb: doctored, poisoned

First seen (as a verb) in Shakespeare's Macbeth (written 1605- 1606). The full text of the play may be found here.

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Indeed, many a play could not have been told without this handy term. Although the real cleverness, has devated from Professor Snape into Cheech and Chong territory, with little acknowledgment of tragedy anymore. Alas.