Careful Words

beetle (n.)

beetle (v.)

beetle (adj.)

Intolerable in Almighty God to a black beetle.

The sense of death is most in apprehension;

And the poor beetle, that we tread upon,

In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great

As when a giant dies.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.

If I do, fillip me with a three-man beetle.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.