publicke
English
Adjective
publicke (comparative more publicke, superlative most publicke)
- Obsolete spelling of public.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 347, column 2:
- I ſavv her once / Hop forty Paces through the publicke ſtreete, […]