Wilson," 11 April Definition: bold in manner or conduct: impudent. Bold-faced, with a hyphen and ending in the adjectival -ed, was coined by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part I, when Lord Talbot, rescuing his son on a French battlefield, spoke of his "proud desire of bold-faced Victorie.
Despite our longstanding respect for William Safire, we must point out that Shakespeare did not, in fact, coin the word bold-faced.
Shakespeare coined an astounding number of words or phrases we still use today, including "catch a cold," "break the ice," "foregone conclusion," "good riddance," "uncomfortable" and "manager. Although many of the phrases attributed to Shakespeare do appear to have originated with him, most of the words he supposedly created do not, as evidenced by the use of uncomfortable in the early 16th century. She…hath not been accustomed or brought up in any such affairs or uncomfortable business, but after the homely fashion of the country.
The first recorded instance of Shakespeare using deafening as an adjective comes in the First Folio version of Henry IV, Part 2 , published in the version of this play published in used the word deaffing.
However, deafening had been used in this manner before the First Folio was published, at least as far back as Shakespeare did indeed use bedazzled in The Taming of the Shrew , but the verb had been in use already for a couple of decades.
A headline in the Saturday Citizen suggested that Shakespeare invented the word "puked. Much as we would all love to believe that Shakespeare invented puking , historical accuracy must prevail.
No, Shakespeare did not invent the word hurry. No maruell then if in their furie, they rush together into the common Hall, if they catch, and hurrie with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Pauls companions. Shakespeare created the word "frugal" from the Latin frugalis and its first use is in The Merry Wives of Windsor : "I was then frugall of my mirth. It is accurate to say that frugal comes from the Latin frugalis , but not that it was created by Shakespeare, as the word was in use well before he was born.
Nicolas Udall , Pupilla mea: Purple. Myne eye ball. A discussion of the many words that Shakespeare coined would fit into such activity well. Puppy dog: n a young, domestic dog King John , Act 2 Scene 1. Rant: v to speak at length in inflated or extravagant language Hamlet , Act 5 Scene 1. Varied: adj incorporating different types or kinds; diverse Titus Andronicus , Act 3 Scene 1.
Zany: n clown's assistant; performer who mimics another's antics Love's Labour's Lost , Act 5 Scene 2. Home Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare's Words William Shakespeare is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1, words that are still used in English today. In the 17th century, when loneliness was usually relegated to the space outside the city, solving it was easy.
It merely required a return to society. However, loneliness has since moved inward — and has become much harder to cure. Someone surrounded by people, or even accompanied by friends or a lover, can complain of feelings of loneliness. The wilderness is now inside of us. The lack of an obvious cure to loneliness is part of the reason why it is considered to be so dangerous today: The abstraction is frightening.
Counterintuitively, however, the secret to dealing with modern loneliness might lie not in trying to make it disappear but in finding ways to dwell within its abstractions, talk through its contradictions and seek out others who feel the same way. Acknowledging that loneliness is a profoundly human and sometimes uncurable experience rather than a mere pathology might allow people — especially lonely people — to find commonality.
Everyone experiences loneliness differently, and many find it difficult to describe. To the lonely themselves it wears a mask.
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