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Shakespeare, the King of Neologisms

Shakespeare, the King of Neologisms. “ a word or phrase which is new to the language; one which is newly coined”. An immense number of new words are first recorded in Shakespeare's plays.

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Shakespeare, the King of Neologisms

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  1. Shakespeare, the King of Neologisms “a word or phrase which is new to the language; one which is newly coined”

  2. An immense number of new words are first recorded in Shakespeare's plays. Apparently, he used a total of 17,677 different words in his writing and 10% had never been recorded in written form before. Every tenth word was new! He is credited with some 2,000 neologisms.

  3. Single Word aerialaggravatebrittlebumpcastigatecountlesscrannycriticaldwindleeventfulexcellentfitfulfragrantfrugalgnarledgusthinthomicidehurrylonelymajesticmonumentalobscenepedantradiancesubmergesummit

  4. Compound Words bare-facedblood-stainedcloud-capped fancy-freefore-fatherill-starredheaven-kissing lackluster leap-frogsnow-white

  5. Phrases All that glitters is not gold (The Merchant of Venice)All's well that ends well (title)As good luck would have it (The Merry Wives of Windsor)Bated breath (The Merchant of Venice)Bear a charmed life (Macbeth)Be-all and the end-all (Macbeth)Better foot before ("best foot forward") (King John)Neither a borrower nor a lender be (Hamlet)Brave new world (The Tempest)Break the ice (The Taming of the Shrew)Breathed his last (3 Henry VI)Brevity is the soul of wit (Hamlet)Refuse to budge an inch (Measure for Measure / Taming of the Shrew)Cold comfort (The Taming of the Shrew / King John)Come what come may ("come what may") (Macbeth)Dead as a doornail (2 Henry VI)A dish fit for the gods (Julius Caesar)Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war (Julius Caesar)Dog will have his day (Hamlet; quoted earlier by Erasmus and Queen Elizabeth)Devil incarnate (Titus Andronicus / Henry V)Eaten me out of house and home (2 Henry IV)Elbow room (King John; first attested 1540 according to Merriam-Webster)Fool's paradise (Romeo and Juliet)Forever and a day (As You Like It)For goodness' sake (Henry VIII)Foregone conclusion (Othello)Full circle (King Lear)Give the devil his due (I Henry IV)Good riddance (Troilus and Cressida)Jealousy is the green-eyed monster (Othello)Heart of gold (Henry V)'Tis high time (The Comedy of Errors)In a pickle (The Tempest)In my heart of hearts (Hamlet)In a pickle (The Tempest)In my book of memory (I Henry VI)It is but so-so(As You Like It)Itching palm (Julius Caesar)Kill with kindness (Taming of the Shrew)Laughing stock (The Merry Wives of Windsor)Laugh yourself into stitches (Twelfth Night)Lean and hungry look (Julius Caesar)Lie low (Much Ado about Nothing)Live long day (Julius Caesar)Love is blind (Merchant of Venice)Melted into thin air (The Tempest)Own flesh and blood (Hamlet)What's done is done (Macbeth)The world's my oyster (2 Henry IV

  6. 'Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloasedheare, Blest by the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.' Shakespeare's grave is at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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