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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

varletry

/vahr-li-tree/US // ˈvɑr lɪ tri //UK // (ˈvɑːlɪtrɪ) //

变化,变化性,变化的环境,变化性的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : varlets collectively.
    • : the mob or rabble.

Examples

  • The whole pack of varletry, in the hope of Court favour, subjected the two disgraced young princes to espionage by night and day.

  • Shall they hoist me up And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome?

  • It was only the clientage and varletry of Octavia who had dared to assume the peoples name.

  • She'll not be "chastised with the sober eye of dull Octavia," nor shown "to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome."

  • The excitement of the varletry in the square, they say, was fearful to hear.

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