he added-ment to create a new noun.
he added -ment to create a noun
William Shakespeare was the first to use the word "puke" in writing. (in As You Like It: "the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms") There is a record of the word "pukishness" from 1581 which shows that it may have been a word before Shakespeare used it.
he added-ment to create a new noun
Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.
Shakespeare does not use the word townsfolk.
he added -ment to create a noun
No, "amazing" is not a root word. The root word is "amaze," and "amazing" is formed by adding the suffix "-ing" to the root word.
The word amaze is a verb (amaze, amazes, amazing, amazed), to surprise or astonish greatly; to fill with wonder. The noun form for the verb to amaze is amazement and the gerund, amazing.
The noun forms for the verb to amaze are amazement and the gerund, amazing. A related noun form is amazedness.
The first a is short, while the second a is long (due to the e on the end of amaze).
baffle, amaze, disturb.
amaze
amaze, surprise, overawe
By performing in them. Publicity was not Shakespeare's department--he was responsible for writing and performing. Popularity then as now was mostly a matter of word of mouth.
William Shakespeare was the first to use the word "puke" in writing. (in As You Like It: "the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms") There is a record of the word "pukishness" from 1581 which shows that it may have been a word before Shakespeare used it.
amaze, astonish, jumble, confuse
"amaze" has no root because the word cannot be further simplified. if you're asking about the origin of the word, it evolved from old english amasian, and middle english amasen, which had similar meanings.