Bermoothes.

An hypothetical island feigned by Shakespeare to be enchanted, and inhabited by witches and devils. Supposed by some to be Bermudas; but a correspondent in Notes and Queries (January 23rd, 1886, p. 72) utterly denies this, and favours the suggestion that the island meant was Lampedusa.

“From the still-vexed Bermoothēs, there she’s hid.”


Shakespeare: The Tempest, i. 2.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bergæan (A)
Bergelmir
Berger
Bergomask
Berkley (Mr.)
Berkshire (Saxon, Bearoc - scire, forest-shire)
Berlin Decree
Berlin Time
Berliners
Bermeja
Bermoothes
Bermudas
Bernard (St.)
Bernard
Bernard Soup (St.)
Bernardo
Bernardo del Carpio
Bernard’s Inn
Berners or Barnes (Juliana)
Bernese
Bernesque Poetry

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Bermoo`thes