concernancy
concernancy noun: relevance.
Noun
concernancy (uncountable)
- Relevance.
- Hamlet. The concernancy, sir? Why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?
Osric. Sir?
Horatio. [aside to Hamlet] Is’t not possible to understand in another tongue? You will do’t, sir, really.
Hamlet. What imports the nomination of this gentleman?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - But if he asks for the concernancy and relevancy of it all he is answered only by the sledge-hammer strokes of rhetoric with which each idea is emphasized as it happens to present itself.1909 January, Paul Shorey, “Hippias Paidagogos”, in The School Review, volume 17, number 1, page 6
- Hamlet. The concernancy, sir? Why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?
concernancy meaning in Tamil
concernancy in Tamil
- தொடர்பு, பொருத்தம்
Origin of concernancy
A Shakespearean coinage; see concern.
Questions about concernancy
- What does concernancy mean?
- Concernancy means relevance.
- What is concernancy in Tamil?
- Concernancy in Tamil is தொடர்பு, பொருத்தம். See Concernancy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is concernancy?
- Concernancy is a noun.
Words near concernancy in the dictionary
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