30 of the words invented by William Shakespeare

[packman]

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), considered the greatest writer in the English language, used more than 24,000 words in his writings, more than any other author. Of those words, more than 1,700 were first used by him, as far we can tell. He may have made up many of them himself.

A short article about the Bard on Avon:


https://www.dailywritingtips.com/30-words-invented-by-shakespeare/

[KCDebbie]

1. I have a book named COINED BY SHAKESPEARE

this list all his known contributions to the English language that we currently use today - it's an interesting read...

[Aristus]

2. "As far as we can tell". I'm glad you added that qualifier.

I'm a nut about Shakespeare, and never fail to be astonished by his contributions to the English language.

But I agree with many scholars who posit that, rather than coining phrases and inventing words, Shakespeare may simply have been the first to use them in print, popularizing terms that were just then coming into common usage.

[smirkymonkey]

3. K&R

[Stuart G]

4. Great Article..Thank You for posting it...k and r. Here is a new word for you....enjoy.

I enjoy knowing about word origins...............how about a word you may or may not know about????

su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

ok...here is the origin.....enjoy

[LeftInTX]

5. Many of them appear to be Latin based