What does shrewde mean?

shrewde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"M. Mason, after his maner, was verie merie with both parties, pleasantlie playing, both, with the shrewde touches of many courste boyes, and with the small discretion of many leude Scholemasters."

shrewder (comparative) shrewdest (superlative)

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