Shakespearean Words
William Shakespeare is this weird dude who wrote tragic plays about soppy stuff.
It's kind of gross what he wrote about but also satisfying.
What he used to do was something called neologism. That is a fancy word for making up a word to express certain feelings.
Here is a list of words that he wrote:
What he used to do was something called neologism. That is a fancy word for making up a word to express certain feelings.
Here is a list of words that he wrote:
- Academe - the academic environment or community
- Accused - a person or group who are charged with or on trial for a crime
- Addiction - physically or mentally dependent on particular substance
- Advertising - a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy
- Amazement - a feeling of great surprise or wonder
- Arouse - evoke or awaken
- Assassination - murder
- Backing - help or support
- Bandit - a robber or outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless area
- Bedroom - a room for sleeping in
- Beached - hauled up or stranded on a beach
- Besmirch - damage
- Birthplace - the place where a person was born.
- Blanket - a large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.
- Bloodstained - marked or covered with blood
- Barefaced - shameless and undisguised
- Blushing - show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face
- Bet - risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game
- Bump - a light blow or a jolting collision
- Buzzer - an electrical device that makes a buzzing noise and is used for signalling.
- Caked - an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated
- Cater - provide people with food and drink at a social event or other gathering
- Champion - a person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition
- Circumstantial - pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
- Cold-blooded - without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous
- Compromise - an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
- Courtship - a period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship before getting married
- Countless - too many to be counted; very many
- Critic - a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something
- Dauntless - showing fearlessness and determination
- Dawn - the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise
- Deafening - (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else
- Discontent - dissatisfaction with one's circumstances; lack of contentment
- Disheartened - cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence
- Drugged - (of a person) unconscious or in a stupor as a result of taking or being given a drug
- Dwindle - diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
- Epileptic - a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain
- Equivocal - open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
- Elbow - the joint between the forearm and the upper arm
- Excitement - a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness
- Exposure - the state of having no protection from something harmful
- Eyeball - the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket
- Fashionable - characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style
- Fixture - a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle
- Flaw - a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object
- Frugal - sparing or economical as regards money or food
- Generous - showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected
- Gloomy - dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening
- Gossip - casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true
- Green-eyed - having green eyes
- Gust - a sudden strong rush of wind
- Hint - a slight or indirect indication or suggestion
- Hobnob - mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status
- Hurried - done in a hurry; rushed
- Impede - delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
- Impartial - treating all rivals or disputants equally
- Invulnerable - impossible to harm or damage
- Jaded - bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
- Label - a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it
- Lackluster - lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
- Laughable - so ludicrous as to be amusing
- Lonely - sad because one has no friends or company
- Lower - of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground
- Luggage - suitcases or other bags in which to pack personal belongings for travelling
- Lustrous - having lustre; shining
- Madcap - amusingly eccentric
- Majestic - having or showing impressive beauty or scale
- Marketable - able or fit to be sold or marketed
- Metamorphize - undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form
- Mimic - imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
- Monumental - great in importance, extent, or size
- Moonbeam - a ray of moonlight
- Mountaineer - a person who takes part in mountaineering.
- Negotiate - obtain or bring about by discussion
- Noiseless - silent or very quiet
- Obscene - (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency
- Obsequiously - obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
- Ode - a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.
- Olympian - associated with Mount Olympus in NE Greece, or with the Greek gods whose home was traditionally held to be there
- Outbreak - a sudden occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease
- Panders - gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste)
- Pedant - a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
- Premeditated - think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand:
- Puking - vomit
- Radiance - light or heat as emitted or reflected by something:
- Rant - speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way
- Remorseless - without regret or guilt
- Savagery - the quality of being fierce or cruel
- Scuffle - a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
- Secure - fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost
- Skim-Milk - milk from which the cream has been removed.
- Submerge - cause (something) to be under water
- Summit - the highest point of a hill or mountain
- Swagger - walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way
- Torture - the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something
- Tranquil - free from disturbance; calm
- Undress - take off one's clothes
- Unreal - imaginary or illusory
- Varied - incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety
- Vaulting - ornamental work in a vaulted roof or ceiling
- Worthless - having no real value or use
- Zany - amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic
- Gnarled - knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
- Grovel - lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards
All credits to: Words Shakespeare Invented
Psst, go to this site if you want to see all the Shakespearean Words...
So, yeah, here's a short summary:
There's this guy. He writes plays. He makes up words.
Does that sound about right?
PS. I did not copy paste anything. It was all typed by my free hand. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
PS. I did not copy paste anything. It was all typed by my free hand. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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