The Only Use of
gambol
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- TITANIA Be kind and courteous to this gentleman; Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries; The honey bags steal from the humble-bees, And, for night-tapers, crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes, To have my love to bed and to arise; And pluck the wings from painted butterflies, To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes: Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.†
Scene 3.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(gambol) to frolic (skip, leap, and/or run around in a happy, playful manner)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, Gambol references a name.