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Yes, he is credited with creating 1700 new words. A lot of these were using a word as a new part of speech. For example, the word "assassin" existed, but Shakespeare invented "assassination"
Just think, the average English speaker knows 4000 words altogether. The number of words Shakespeare invented is over 40% of that number.
Yet fact does not always support the legend. Shakespeare was a great writer of English. Perhaps he was even the greatest. This makes Shakespeare an easy target for misinformation. Ryan Buda wrote a useful article entitled Did Shakespeare Invent and Make up English Words and Phrases, which provides an interesting take on the subject. Check it out in the related linkssection below
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThere are scores of words and phrases that Shakespeare coined which have become part of everyday household words in English language. One such phrase would be "household words."
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Did Shakespeare invent the word lonely?
no he didnt
Did Shakespeare invent the word academe?
Yes. Shakespeare invented the word academe. Do a littlie research when it was first used. Good luck, nugget x
Did shakespeare invent the word procure?
He used it a lot, but it was already a well-established word before he used it.
Did Shakespeare invent jokes?
no
Did Shakespeare invent Brutus?
No, Shakespeare did not invent Marcus Brutus. He was a real person who really participated in the assasssination of Julius Caesar.
Did Shakespeare invent the word lonely?
no he didnt
Did Shakespeare invent the word academe?
Yes. Shakespeare invented the word academe. Do a littlie research when it was first used. Good luck, nugget x
Did shakespeare invent the word procure?
He used it a lot, but it was already a well-established word before he used it.
What word did shakespeare invent as a one syllable word for vomit?
The word "puke", in the sense of "to spit up in a single instance of regurgitation" was coined by Shakespeare in 1600 in the play As You Like It.
Did Shakespeare invent the word gloomy?
No. Christopher Marlowe did, although Shakespeare used it three times in his early plays and poems. Marlowe was very fond of this word and used it 17 times.
Did Shakespeare invent jokes?
no
Did Shakespeare invent Brutus?
No, Shakespeare did not invent Marcus Brutus. He was a real person who really participated in the assasssination of Julius Caesar.
Shakespeare invent the play Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare certainly wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, unless you subscribe to the theory that someone else wrote all of his plays under his name. Shakespeare did not invent the plot of Romeo and Juliet, but then Shakespeare did not invent any of his plots.
Did William Shakespeare invent the violin?
No, he did not.
Why did Shakespeare invent plays?
Shakespeare didn't invent the idea of plays. It was the Greeks who did that. He did however write a number of them, for the purpose of making money for himself and his partners.
What would shakespeare invent to suit his purpose?
Words! If he couldn't find a word to fit, he made one up. Good system I think!
How many did Shakespeare did he know and how many did he invent?
He invented them all.
