What's the difference between whilom and wroth?

Whilom


Definition:

  • (n.) Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times.

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Wroth


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.

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  • (1) The King's friendship with Robert Carr (who was later made Earl of Somerset), coupled with his estrangement from Queen Anne, may have been an inspiration for at least two literary accounts of kingship confounded by sex: Lady Mary Wroth's Urania (1621) and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1608).
  • (2) The rise and fall of this disloyal companion closely resembles that of Somerset and would seem to indicate Wroth's belief that the King's relationship with the Earl was sexual.
  • (3) Wroth describes a duke who is made politically vulnerable by his love for a young man that leaves him "issue-les."

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