a humorous play by William Shakespeare in which a king and three of his friends promise to study and not become involved with women. However, they meet a princess and her friends, and fall in love with them, so that they are unable to do what they intended.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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