Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1

Check out this list of sampled words William Shakespeare is credited with coining or first putting into print.

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  1. academe
    the community or environment of colleges and universities
  2. aerial
    existing, living, growing, or operating in the air
  3. bandit
    an outlaw who is (usually) a member of a group
  4. castigate
    censure severely
  5. cold-blooded
    without regret, sympathy, or human feeling
  6. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  7. discontent
    a longing for something better than the present situation
  8. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
  9. eventful
    characterized by many noteworthy happenings or incidents
  10. fashionable
    being or in accordance with current social trends
  11. flowery
    marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with details
  12. gallantry
    the qualities of a hero or heroine
  13. gnarled
    old and twisted and covered in lines
  14. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  15. indistinguishable
    exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
  16. label
    designate with an identification
  17. majestic
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  18. misplace
    put (something) where one cannot find it again
  19. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  20. posture
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  21. radiance
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  22. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  23. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  24. shudder
    tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Created on Wed Apr 12 18:34:22 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Apr 20 15:46:38 EDT 2023)

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