She hadde passed many a straunge strem; / Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed, / Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Wife of Bath's extensive travels and flamboyant attire. The 'moyste and newe' shoes are a 'weirdly' specific detail emphasizing her indulgence.
c. 1387-1400
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"For in this world, certeyn, no wight there is / That he ne dooth or seith somtyme amis."
Strange & Unusual"He hadde a forhead reed as any glede, / With eyen narwe, and hoote as any goot."
Strange & Unusual"The firste vertu, sone, if thou wolt lere, Is to restreyne and kepe wel thy tonge."
Strange & Unusual"His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght."
Humorous"He wolde suffer for a quart of wyn / A good felawe to have his concubyn / A twelf-month, and excuse hym atte fulle."
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