Shakespeare's coins: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Kelly Cook (United States of America)
Words derived from "Coined by Shakespeare" by Jeffrey McQuain and Stanley Malless. For more information about the history of each word, see their book.
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  1. beach
    land on a shore
  2. bedroom
    a room used primarily for sleeping
  3. eyeball
    the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
  4. gossip
    light informal conversation for social occasions
  5. manager
    someone who controls resources and expenditures
  6. mimic
    someone who imitates
  7. moonbeam
    a ray of moonlight
  8. premeditated
    characterized by deliberate purpose and a degree of planning
  9. rival
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  10. skim milk
    milk from which the cream has been skimmed
  11. swagger
    walk with a lofty proud gait
  12. trippingly
    moving with quick light steps
Created on Thu Oct 24 13:14:33 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 24 13:25:04 EDT 2013)

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