Monday, December 6, 2010

Corrival in Shakespeare

  • 1598, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
    By heaven methinks it were an easy leap
    To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon;
    Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
    Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,
    And pluck up drowned honour by the locks;
    So he that doth redeem her thence might wear
    Without corrival all her dignities:
    But out upon this half-facd fellowship!

Definition of Corrival

Adjective

corrival (comparative more corrival, superlative most corrival)
  1. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion.
This is the perfect name for a sailboat.  a rival and a companion.  Sometimes you love her, sometimes you hate her, but she's always with you.  In today's parlance, she might have been named "Fr-enemy"