riggish

riggish

(ˈrɪɡɪʃ)
adj
obsolete dialect wanton or lewd
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When Enobarbus notes that "the holy priests / bless her when she is riggish," he needs to convey that this spiritual sensuality is too much for the world to bear.
Antony and Cleopatra
Age cannot whither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies; for vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Shakespeare's wicked pronoun: A Lover's Discourse and love stories (1)
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies; for vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Cleopatra
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