Shakespeare Coined a Shit-Ton of Words

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2023-02-08 / BJB

Shakespeare Coined a Shit-Ton of Words

It is said that Shakespeare is responsible for introducing numerous words into the English language. You can explore some of these words below:

academe	accused	addiction	advertising	amazement
arouse	assassination	backing	bandit	bedroom
beached	besmirch	birthplace	blanket	bloodstained
barefaced	blushing	bet	bump	buzzer
caked	cater	champion	circumstantial	cold-blooded
compromise	courtship	countless	critic	dauntless
dawn	deafening	discontent	dishearten	drugged
dwindle	epileptic	equivocal	elbow	excitement
exposure	eyeball	fashionable	fixture	flawed
frugal	generous	gloomy	gossip	green-eyed
gust	hint	hobnob	hurried	impede
impartial	invulnerable	jaded	label	lackluster
laughable	lonely	lower	luggage	lustrous
madcap	majestic	marketable	metamorphize	mimic
monumental	moonbeam	mountaineer	negotiate	noiseless
obscene	obsequiously	ode	olympian	outbreak
panders	pedant	premeditated	puking	radiance
rant	remorseless	savagery	scuffle	secure
skim milk	submerge	summit	swagger	torture
tranquil	undress	unreal	varied	vaulting
worthless	zany	gnarled	grovel

It’s quite remarkable. National Geographic provides some insight into why so many words are attributed to Shakespeare:

While Shakespeare is credited with introducing numerous words into the English language, scholars caution that pinpointing the exact origins of a word or phrase is challenging. Many words and phrases attributed to Shakespeare had existed in earlier forms and Shakespeare popularized their modern versions through his writings. Some words are truly original and traceable only as far back as Shakespeare’s works in written records.