Shakespeare Invented an Estimated 1,700 Words, so Here’s a Few of Our Favorites

Per Grammarly, some of the modern words attributed to Shakespeare have been discovered to precede him, but there are still many words in his lexicon that English speakers regularly use today.

A few of those words include bandit, critic, dauntless, elbow (as a verb), green-eyed (for jealousy), lonely, eventful, obscene, radiance, reliance, courtship, laughable, lapse, auspicious, bloody, suspicious, apostrophe, assassination, monumental, majestic, and more.

Shakespeare Invented an Estimated 1,700 Words, so Here’s a Few of Our Favorites
Source: Maharo News