recomforture
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈkʌmfɚt͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkʌmfətjʊə/, /ɹɪˈkʌmfət͡ʃə/
Noun edit
recomforture (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- QUEEN ELIZABETH. Yet thou didst kill my children.
KING RICHARD. But in your daughter's womb I bury them;
Where, in that nest of spicery, they will breed
Selves of themselves, to your recomforture.