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Many words in English were coined by William Shakespeare.
Here is a very small list of words he invented:
- Accused
- Addiction
- Advertising
- Amazement
- Arouse
- Assassination
- Bandit
- Bedroom
- Beached
- Blanket
- Bump
- Cater
- Champion
- Countless
- Epileptic
- Fixture
- Flawed
- Generous
- Hint
- Lonely
- Mimic
- Negotiate
- Obscene
- Premeditated
- Rant
- Puke
- summit
- swagger
- Torture
- Varied
- Worthless
- Zany
Shakespeare knew 4,580 words throughout his life as a normal person like yourself would only know under 2,800
William Shakespeare was an English writer known as the greatest playwright of all time. Though he did not invent anything in the traditional sense, his works helped standardize modern English language.
Here are some:
"A rose by any other name . . ."
"What the dickens . . ."
"The world's mine oyster."
"There is method in his madness" ("Though this be madness yet there's method in't")
"Lend me your ears."
"That is the question."
"What fools these mortals be."
Shakespear invented many phrases to add to the English language. One phrase is "green with envy."
Many words in English were coined by William Shakespeare.
Here is a very small list of words he invented:
- Accused
- Addiction
- Advertising
- Amazement
- Arouse
- Assassination
- Bandit
- Bedroom
- Beached
- Blanket
- Bump
- Cater
- Champion
- Countless
- Epileptic
- Fixture
- Flawed
- Generous
- Hint
- Lonely
- Mimic
- Negotiate
- Obscene
- Premeditated
- Rant
- Puke
- Summit
- Torture
- Varied
- Worthless
- Zany
Eyeball, assassination, "to thine own self be true", "there's method in his madness", "it was Greek to me" and hordes of others.
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What three words did Shakespeare invent?
Some of the words which were first noted in Shakespeare's work are eyeball, assassination and puke. The attached link has a long list of words that he has invented on it.
Did shakespeare invent some of the words you use today?
He invented over this many wordsYes, "eyeball" for example.
How did Shakespeare and Milton influence the English language?
Shakespeare invented nearly 1,700 common English words.
Which 3 words did shakespeare invent?
Shakespeare invented a lot more than three words. Some of the ones he did invent are eyeball, assassination and superflux (OK, that last one didn't exactly take off).
What are some names Shakespeare invented?
Miranda(:
What three words did Shakespeare invent?
Some of the words which were first noted in Shakespeare's work are eyeball, assassination and puke. The attached link has a long list of words that he has invented on it.
Did shakespeare invent some of the words you use today?
He invented over this many wordsYes, "eyeball" for example.
What four words do you use invented by Shakespeare?
meme my my svay
Which 3 words did shakespeare invent?
Shakespeare invented a lot more than three words. Some of the ones he did invent are eyeball, assassination and superflux (OK, that last one didn't exactly take off).
How did Shakespeare and Milton influence the English language?
Shakespeare invented nearly 1,700 common English words.
What were the words that shakespeare gave the English language?
There are many words Shakespeare invented. Some of the common ones are things like "assassination", "amazement", "generous", "reliance", and "suspicious". There are many less-used terms as well. Shakespeare also invented a great many common phrases or sayings used today. For a more exhaustive list of Shakespeare's word inventions, you can look at the attached link
What are some names Shakespeare invented?
Miranda(:
What are all the words shakespeare invented that start with e?
Eyeball anyway. It's difficult to be exhaustive because people argue over whether Shakespeare really invented some of the words credited to him, or whether he just used them in a slightly different way. In some cases he was just the first to write them. This is probably the case with eyeball.
How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?
He invented about 2,000 to 5,000 words... but some people think he invented up to 8,000g. Sadly, it is impossible to know for sure. John Marcone points out in his book Brush up Your Shakespeare, "Just because [Shakespeare] was a regular phrase-coining machine doesn't mean he should hog the credit when the facts are against him". Lists of supposed Shakespeare words Far to often contain words that evidence suggests should not go to his credit. Other external factors also contribute to this misinformation. Visit my page entitled Did Shakespeare Invent and Make up English Words and Phrases in the Related Links section below for more on Shakespeare's purported word inventing prowess.
Who invented Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare is the world's pre-eminment dramatist and poet. "Who invented Shakespeare" is a completely meaningless question.
What facts about Shakespeare are unusuel?
He had 7 brothers and sisters! Shakespeare never published any of his plays! Shakespeare's family were all illiterate! During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets! The words "assassination"and "bump" and "bubble" were invented by Shakespeare.
How many words were in William Shakespeare's vocabulary?
Unfortunately, there is no possible way to count all words in the English language because some words could be considered as having two separate meanings and therefore there would be no true answer.
