From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 5):
RICHARD PLANTAGENET:
This day, in argument upon a case,
Some words there grew ‘twixt Somerset and me;
Among which terms he used his lavish tongue
And did upbraid me with my father’s death.lavish tongue: unrestrained expression or language, a standard Elizabethan dramatic cliche
Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
Filed under: language & literature, word of the day
