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Shakespeare Words

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If Shakespeare wrote it, we've Shmooped it.

Jaded

Invented in Henry IV Part 2

The honorable blood of Lancaster,

Bo-ring.

That's what we think of now when we hear jaded—someone who's just so over it. But when Shakespeare put quill to paper, he meant someone who wasn't all that popular.


Tag: Henry IV Part 2

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