Shakespeare and words - Revision history

Aschlafly: Roughly 80% of Shakespeare's words in his plays are 5 letters or less, as they were written for the stage.

2023-03-11T18:08:18Z

Roughly 80% of Shakespeare's words in his plays are 5 letters or less, as they were written for the stage.

Aschlafly at 15:26, February 14, 2023

2023-02-14T15:26:49Z

Aschlafly: Searching Shakespeare by words in proximity

2023-01-08T05:46:55Z

Searching Shakespeare by words in proximity

Aschlafly: Overall, Shakespeare wrote a total of 835,997 words for his plays, at an average of roughly 26,000 per play. The Folger Library lists a total of 884,647 words by Shakespeare for all its works, including his poems and sonnets.

2023-01-08T05:11:09Z

Overall, Shakespeare wrote a total of 835,997 words for his plays, at an average of roughly 26,000 per play. The Folger Library lists a total of 884,647 words by Shakespeare for all its works, including his poems and sonnets.

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2022-10-22T18:00:58Z

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'''Shakespeare and words''' include words invented by him, words popularized by him, and words created by adding a "un" prefix.<ref name="Grammarly">https://www.grammarly.com/blog/15-words-invented-by-shakespeare/</ref>

== Invented words ==
Bandit (Henry VI, Part 2)

Critic (Love’s Labour Lost)

Dauntless (Henry VI, Part 3)

Dwindle (Henry IV, Part 1)

Elbow (verb) ([[King Lear]])

Green-Eyed (as in jealousy) (The Merchant of Venice)

Lackluster (As You Like It)

Lonely (Coriolanus)

Skim-milk (Henry IV, Part 1)

Swagger (Midsummer Night’s Dream)

==Words popularized==

*puke

==Words hyphenated==

Shakespeare generated more than 300 new words by adding the prefix "un", including:<ref name="Grammarly"/>

Unaware (Venus & Adonis)

Uncomfortable (Romeo & Juliet)

Undress (Taming of the Shrew)

Unreal (Macbeth)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[category:Shakespeare]]

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		+	In the 1623 First Folio a contemporary of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, gave a eulogy of him while mentioning that Shakespeare had “small Latine, and lesse Greeke.” Instead of using [[Latin]] or [[Greek]] with any frequency, Shakespeare converted nouns into verbs (grace, season), compounded words (pell-mell, faire-play), and created many new words by adding new endings to existing words (dauntless, courtship, and disgraceful are examples).<ref>https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2019/04/05/inkhorn-controversy-latin-greek-english-words/</ref>

	Overall, [[Shakespeare]] wrote a total of 835,997 words for his plays, at an average of roughly 26,000 per play. The Folger Library lists a total of 884,647 words by Shakespeare for all its works, including his poems and sonnets.		Overall, [[Shakespeare]] wrote a total of 835,997 words for his plays, at an average of roughly 26,000 per play. The Folger Library lists a total of 884,647 words by Shakespeare for all its works, including his poems and sonnets.

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 Undress (Taming of the Shrew)
 Unreal (Macbeth)
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
 [[category:Shakespeare]]