Document:  All > Shakespeare > Coined words Below are some of Shakespeare's many coinages! Click on a word to see the works in which it appears. Nouns: accused addiction alligator amazement anchovies assassination backing bandit bedroom bump buzzers courtship critic dauntless dawn design dickens discontent embrace employer engagements excitements exposure eyeball fixture futurity glow gust hint immediacy investments kickshaws leapfrog luggage manager mimic misgiving mountaineer ode outbreak pageantry pedant perusal questioning reinforcement retirement roadway rumination savagery scuffles shudders switch tardiness transcendence urging watchdog wormhole zany Verbs: besmirch bet blanket cake cater champion compromise cow denote deracinate dialogue dislocate divest drug dwindle elbow enmesh film forward gossip grovel hobnob humour hurry impedes jet jig label lapse lower misquote negotiate numb pander partner petition puke rant reword secure submerge swagger torture unclog Adjectives: aerial auspicious baseless beached bloodstained blushing circumstantial consanguineous deafening disgraceful domineering enrapt epileptic equivocal eventful fashionable foregone frugal generous gloomy gnarled hush inaudible invulnerable jaded juiced lackluster laughable lonely lustrous madcap majestic marketable monumental nervy noiseless oscene olympian premeditated promethean quarrelsome radiance rancorous reclusive remorseless rival sacrificial sanctimonious softhearted splitting stealthy traditional tranquil unmitigated unreal varied vaulting viewless widowed worthless yelping Adverbs: importantly instinctively obsequiously threateningly tightly trippingly unaware Source: Jeffrey McQuain and Stanley Malless; Coined by Shakespeare: Words and Meanings First Penned by the Bard Search for this word:       in all documents   just this document What do you think? Grade this document:   A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F (Average grade so far: B-, 142 graders.) Need writing help? Try RhymeZone's rhyming dictionary and thesaurus features Help  Advanced  Feedback  iPhone/iPad  Android  API  @RhymeZoneCom  Blog  Privacy Copyright © 2022 Datamuse