My favourite is "superflux" meaning the stuff left over when you've had enough. He uses it in King Lear. I think it's a great word.
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Shakespeare invented nearly 1,700 common English words.
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.
"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" are words spoken by Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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
William Shakespeare is the world's pre-eminment dramatist and poet. "Who invented Shakespeare" is a completely meaningless question.
He invented over this many wordsYes, "eyeball" for example.
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.
No one-person invented the English language. However Shakespeare invented 30000 new words.
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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).
Snapple top "Real Fact" #807 Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."