Choose the meaning of the bold word in the following question.
For our parents nothing can we claim / Save temporal things, and these may hurt and maim. (The Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale")
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Responses
painful
painful
sacred
sacred
secular
secular
hereditary
temporal
The meaning of the bold word in the question is "temporary" or "material."
To determine the meaning of the bold word in the question from "The Canterbury Tales," you can start by finding the context in which it is used. In this line, the word "maim" is used after mentioning "temporal things."
Based on this context, we can infer that the word "maim" refers to some sort of harm or injury that can be caused by temporal things. Therefore, the meaning of the bold word in this context is "painful."
Therefore, the correct answer is "painful."