The English Words and Phrases Created by William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare’s love of the English language propelled him to invent many new words and phrases including “bedroom”, “zany”, “gossip” (technically he was the first one to use it as a verb), “invulnerable”, “lustrous”, “fashionable”, “monumental”, “eyeball”, “savagery”, and “lonely”. Shakespeare also invented the English phrases “to wait with bated (abated) breath”, “to vanish into … Continue reading The English Words and Phrases Created by William Shakespeare The post The English Words and Phrases Created by William Shakespeare appeared first on Learn Something Interesting.


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