Trifecta week 65
The bard tried to write plays
and sonnets and songs
but exhausted all possibilities,
so he simply created new ones.
If you look in the dictionary
you’ll find hundreds
of his invented words!
Trifecta wants between 33 and 333 words on the third definition of EXHAUST
3a : to consider or discuss (a subject) thoroughly or completely b : to try out the whole number of <exhausted all the possibilities> Being exhausted myself, I opted to stop at 33 words.
I had no idea that he had invented so many words. An interesting read.
I invent words all the time. Maybe I’ll end up in the dictionary too. Probably not. This week we were looking for the word exhaust as defined on our site, without changing the tense. Thanks for linking up!
Now you tell me!
That’s pretty neat! It doesn’t surprise me that he did that but I didn’t realize; the person I tend to think of when talking about neologisms is Lewis Carroll. (I myself chortle frequently.)
great word chortle!
Succinct and informative! btw you might like a TEDtalk about hip hop and Shakespeare (Akala atTEDtalks)
Wow, I can’t believe he invented over 1700 words. Nice!
It fascinates me to consider all the words Shakespeare brought to our language.
A different take – well done.
I like that. True genius well illustrated.
Making up words is the best part! (:
I had no idea Shakespeare invented so many words… arouse, torture, swagger, madcap (!)… and then the everyday words such as lonely and hint. Here’s a link I found to see them all, including links to the plays from which they were birthed. Thanks, Viv!
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html
Are you talking about Shakespeare? Now I’m wondering which words he made up!! I liked this Viv, you really built your response around the prompt!
fun!
See Amy’s link: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html.
He used/iinvented more words than we realise . I watched an academic programme where they explained that many of his neologisms were because he listened to the speech of ordinary people in the streets and adapted their language. When you think of how young he was when he died, with not even a typewriter, let alone a computer, his output was phenomenal!
Sometimes I wonder how some of them came up with so many. Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever run out or will I give up or die first? I like this, Viv…
What a wise bard – when you run out of possibilities, invent some new ones.
I like this. Very good!
Great take on the prompt!