William Shakespeare Contributed Words
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
All the World’s a stage
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William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers and playwrights in English literature. He is considered as the ‘father of English literature’ because of his immense contribution to the language of English. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.
Shakespeare, as an eminent playwright, contributed plays of various categories like tragedy, comedy and history. Shakespeare discovered many words and phrases which is considered one of his major contributions to the language. Many of the words discovered were assimilated into the English language and are widely used today.
How many words did William Shakespeare create?
Shakespeare alone contributed around 1700 words to the English Language and used them in his plays and poems.
The list of words given below is not exhaustive
What are some Shakespeare words?
A
accommodation
assassination
auspicious
academe
accused
addiction
advertising
amazement
arouse
assassination
aerial
amazement
apostrophe
B
Bloody
Bump
Baseless
backing
bandit
bedroom
beached
besmirch
birthplace
blanket
bloodstained
barefaced
blushing
bet
buzzer
C
Cold-blooded
castigate
changeful
clangor
Compromise
courtship
control (noun)
countless
cater
courtship
critic
chamipon
critical
Caked
Circumstantial
D
Dwindle
Discontent
Drugged
Dishearten
Dawn
Dishearten
Dislocate
Dauntless
Dwindle
E
Eyeball
Epileptic
Elbow
Exposure
Eventful
F
fitful
Frugal
Fashionable
Fixture
G
Green-eyed
Gossip
Gloomy
Generous
Gallantry
Gentlefolk
Glow
Grass plot
Grey-eyed
Gust
Grime
H
Hurry
Hint
Heartsore
Hedge-pig
Hobnail
Homely
Hostile
Hornbook
Howl
Hunchback
I
Impartial
Invulnerable
indistinguishable
invulnerable
Import
Ill-used
Indirection
Inauspicious
Informal
Inducement
Investment
Invitation
L
lapse
lonely
lower
luggage
laughable
Lackluster
Ladybird
Leaky
Lament
Leapfrog
Lustrous
Lustihood
M
Majestic
Marketable
Mimic
Monumental
Moonbeam
Malignancy
Misgiving
Misquote
Monumental
Mockable
Money’s worth
Mortifying
Mountaineer
N
Neglect
Noiseless
Never-ending
O
Ode
Obscene
Olympian
Offenceful
Outbreak
Oppugnancy
Overblown
Overgrowth
Overview
P
Passado
Pageantry
Paternal
Pendant
Pebbled
Pendulous
Pignut
Pious
Posture
Priceless
Q
Quarrelsome
R
Radiance
Rawboned
Reclusive
Reliance
Refractory
Reinforcement
Restrain
Resolve
Reprieve
Restoration
Retirement
Revolting
Revokement
Roadway
Roguery
S
Skim milk
Submerge
Scuffle
Secure
Savage
Satisfying
Sanctimonious
Scrubbed
Schoolboy
Seamy
Shooting-star
Self-abuse
Shipwrecked
Shudder
Silliness
Spectacled
Spilth
Sportive
Stillborn
Successful
Suffocating
T
Tardiness
Title page
Tanling
U
Unappeased
Unaccomodated
Unchanging
Unearthy
Ungoverned
Uneducated
Unclaimed
Unhelpful
Unmitigated
Unpolluted
Unreal
Unrivalled
Unsolicited
Useful
Useless
Upstairs
V
Varied
Vasty
Vulnerable
W
Water drop
Watchdog
Well-behaved
Well-educated
Well-bread
Worn out
Y
Yelping
Z
Zany
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