GONERIL

Meaning of GONERIL in English

/gon"euhr il/ , n.

(in Shakespeare's King Lear ) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters. Cf. Cordelia, Regan .

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GONERIL — one of Lear's two treacherous daughters in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. Lear's eldest daughter, Goneril is married to the duke …
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GONERIL — Goneril BrE AmE ˈɡɒn ə r ɪl - ə l AmE \ ˈɡɑːn-
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GONERIL — Gon ‧ e ‧ ril /ˈɡɒnərɪl $ ˈɡɑː-/ BrE AmE one of King Lear's daughters in the play ↑ King …
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GONERIL — n Гонерил; Гонерилья ( женское имя )
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GONERIL — (n) гонерил; гонерилья
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GONERIL — n Гонерил; Гонерилья ( женское имя )
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GONERIL — n Гонерил; Гонерилья ( женское имя )
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REGAN — /ree"geuhn/ , n. (in Shakespeare's King Lear ) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Cf. Cordelia (def. 1), Goneril …
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CORDELIA — /kawr deel"yeuh/ , n. 1. (in Shakespeare's King Lear ) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one …
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REGAN — the king's deceitful middle daughter, in William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. A sadistic woman who fawns on and then humiliates …
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LEAR — legendary British king and central character of William Shakespeare's /a>King Lear. One of the most moving of Shakespeare's tragic figures, …
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KING LEAR — tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed in 160506 and published in a quarto edition in 1608, from an …
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CORDELIA — the king's youngest daughter in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. Although Cordelia refuses to compete with her sisters Goneril and Regan …
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REGAN — Re ‧ gan /ˈriːɡən/ BrE AmE one of King Lear's daughters in the play King Lear by William ↑ Shakespeare …
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KING LEAR — King Lear /ˌkɪŋ ˈlɪəʳ/ BrE AmE a play by William ↑ Shakespeare about an old king who decides to divide …
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CORDELIA — Cor ‧ de ‧ li ‧ a /kɔːˈdiːliə $ kɔːr-/ BrE AmE a character in the play ↑ King Lear …
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SLINK — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ And having lost our zeal for the idle etchings of some bored …
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SKEIN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A knotted skein of nylon straps was looped round his chest. ▪ But now, the …
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LEAPT — COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB back ▪ Then he unfroze, pulled the trigger of the shotgun and leapt back into …
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INTEREST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a focus of interest ▪ Animal behaviour has long been a focus of interest …
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FLATTERING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB very ▪ It's very , very flattering . ▪ These units are very useful …
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DISSIMULATE — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Goneril and Regan used fraud to gain power, and now that they have it, no …
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KING LEAR — a play by William Shakespeare first performed c. 1605. It is a tragedy about Lear, a British king who divides …
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