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Shakespearean Imagination

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It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

Without further ado, I give you today’s word:

drugged : drugged /drəgd/ (adjective) (verb):


adjective
- unconscious or in a stupor as a result of taking or being given a drug
- something which has been altered by the addition of a drug

verb
- having added a drug to something or administered a drug to someone, usually unawares


Synonyms as an adjective: stuporous
Synonyms as a verb: doctored, poisoned

First seen (as a verb) in Shakespeare's Macbeth (written 1605- 1606). The full text of the play may be found here.
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