sir-reverence

English

Etymology

An alteration of save-reverence or "save your reverence" (seen e.g. in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, act 1 scene 4), an apology for alluding to anything likely to shock one's sense of decency.

Noun

sir-reverence (countable and uncountable, plural sir-reverences)

  1. (obsolete) excrement

Interjection

sir-reverence

  1. (obsolete) Used apologetically when something offensive is mentioned.

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