“Is there any man has ‘rebused’ your worship?”WordplayAct 1,Scene 2Lines 5-7An explanation of the word “rebused” in Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Petruchio Here, sirrah Grumio, knock, I say. Grumio Knock, sir? Whom should I knock? Is there any man has rebused your worship? Grumio, not the most educated of servants, has confused the words abused and rebuked, and come up with the non-word “rebused.”
