Note 178 — ACT V.
Reading edition
“‘Speak pure fool.’—This is idiomatic, and is in sense equivalent to, ‘I will speak like a pure fool.’ Thus in Othello, act ii., ‘Drunk? and speak parrot?’—that is, talk foolishly or idly like a parrot.”—Halliwell.
Reading edition
“‘Speak pure fool.’—This is idiomatic, and is in sense equivalent to, ‘I will speak like a pure fool.’ Thus in Othello, act ii., ‘Drunk? and speak parrot?’—that is, talk foolishly or idly like a parrot.”—Halliwell.