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how now en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Hello, what is that?
    • How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead! 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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
    • "How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff." 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 44:
    • How now ſir Iohn, what are you brawling here? Doth this become your place, your time, and buſineſſe? c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]: