tear-cat

English

tear-cat (plural tear-cats)

(obsolete, acting) An overactor.
- 1606, Day, John, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15:
  Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps.
- 1611, Middleton, Thomas; Dekker, Thomas, The Roaring Girl‎, Act 5, Scene 1:
  I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat.

Mackay, Charles (1884) New Light on Some Obscure Words and Phrases in the Works of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries‎, Tear Cat, page 63: “This odd epithet was applied in the seventeenth century to violent and ranting actors who overdid their parts.”

单词	tear-cat
释义	tear-cat English Noun tear-cat (plural tear-cats) (obsolete, acting) An overactor. 1606, Day, John, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15: Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps. 1611, Middleton, Thomas; Dekker, Thomas, The Roaring Girl‎, Act 5, Scene 1: I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat. Synonyms ham, hambone, hamfatter, overactor Related terms tear a cat References Mackay, Charles (1884) New Light on Some Obscure Words and Phrases in the Works of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries‎, Tear Cat, page 63: “This odd epithet was applied in the seventeenth century to violent and ranting actors who overdid their parts.” Anagrams tea cart, teacart
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