"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, Words of the Host to Chaucer

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  1. sober
    become or cause to become more serious
    Now when they heard this miracle every man
    Was sobered; it was marvellous to see.
  2. host
    a person who acts as master of ceremonies
    But in the end our Host again began
    His jokes, and then he turned and looked at me
  3. steady
    not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
    You look as if you were trying to find a hare,
    Scanning the ground with such a steady stare!
  4. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
    He’d be a likely poppet to embrace
    For any woman, small and fair of face!
  5. fair
    very pleasing to the eye
    He’d be a likely poppet to embrace
    For any woman, small and fair of face!
  6. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    There’s something elvish in his countenance
  7. dalliance
    the act of delaying and playing instead of working
    He never speaks a word in dalliance.
  8. mirth
    great merriment
    ‘Say something now, as other folk have done;
    And let it be a tale of mirth; at once!’
  9. dunce
    a stupid person
    ‘Host,’ I replied, ‘I hope you are not one
    To take it in bad part if I’m a dunce;
    I only know a rhyme which, for the nonce,
    I learnt.’
  10. dainty
    delicately beautiful
    It should be dainty, judging by your face.
Created on Thu Mar 31 11:51:55 EDT 2022 (updated Thu Mar 31 11:59:17 EDT 2022)

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