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Urgent query! How many words did Shakespeare actually coin?...and what were they? Any suggestions??

I am trying to discover words that Shakespeare himself coined; not simply those words that were already in use in the spoken language, but that he was the first to record.
Have found some examples of compounds, conversions etc. that S. created for a specific purpose and used only once; but I am particularly interested in finding words that Shakespeare created that have survived into Modern English.

Posted by Rachel Mort on April 11, 1997 at 12:12:54

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• Try this: Erick Tatro 06:20:29 4/14/97 (0)
• We don't know. Thersites 04:29:14 4/14/97 (4)
  • Re: Thersites..... but what about?? Rachel Mort 10:24:15 4/15/97 (3)
    • Good Point Thersites 00:38:24 4/16/97 (2)
      • but isn't it possible... Rachel Mort 11:11:56 4/17/97 (1)
        • Expert??? Thersites 00:56:17 4/18/97 (0)

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