varlet
1. an attendant or servant.
2. a knight’s page.
3. a rascal; a knave.
what a brazen-faced varlet art thou !
a shakespearean insult that is defined by the character of thersites in the comedic tragedy, troilus and cressida, as a “masculine wh-r-” (5.1.17).
in other words, this is a 17th century term for a mansl-t.
thersites: prithee, be silent, boy; i profit not from thy talk. thou art said to be achilles’ male varlet.
patroclus: male varlet, you rogue! what’s that?
thersites: why, his masculine wh-r-.
(troilus and cressida, act 5 scene 1, lines 13-17)
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