| adieu | goodbye |
| alas, alack | expresses sorrow |
| anon | soon, immediately after |
| art | are |
| attend | wait upon, to pay atttention |
| cousin | any close relative |
| dost, doth | do, doth |
| ere | before |
| hark | listen |
| hast, hath | have, has |
| hence | from this place |
| ho | an exclamation that calls to attention, mocks, celebrates |
| knave | a villain |
| list | listen |
| morrow | day |
| nay | no |
| ne’er | never |
| oft | often |
| passing | surprisingly, exceedingly |
| perchance | maybe |
| prithee | I pray you, please |
| resolve | to answer to, to reply |
| sirrah | a lowly person, person of lower class |
| thee, thy, thou, thine | you, your |
| thence | from that place, from there |
| ’tis | it is |
| ’twere, ’twas | it were, it was |
| want | lack |
| wench | a female person, varies in tone from tenderness to contempt |
| wherefore | why |
| woo | to seek and gain |
| yea | yes |
Romeo and Juliet – Archaic words
September 11, 2019