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单词 prenzie
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prenzieadj.

Probably a compositorial misreading of precise adj.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 92, 95 Cla. The prenzie, Angelo? Isa. Oh 'tis the cunning Liuerie of hell, The damnest bodie to inuest, and couer In prenzie gardes.
1948 D. J. McGinn Precise Angelo in J. G. McManaway et al. Joseph Quincy Adams Mem. Stud. 131 Though in the original text of the play..precise only once appears, from this one instance and from the context of the passage in which Isabella and Claudio are discussing Angelo's sanctimonious nature I have concluded that the meaningless word prenzie, twice applied to Angelo, is a misreading for precise.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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