Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 3

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

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  1. accommodation
    the act of providing something to meet a need
  2. anchovy
    small herring-like fish often canned whole or as paste
  3. baseless
    without a foundation in reason or fact
  4. champion
    someone who has won first place in a competition
  5. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  6. deafening
    loud enough to cause temporary hearing loss
  7. dislocate
    put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
  8. employment
    the state of having a job
  9. excitement
    the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
  10. fitful
    intermittently stopping and starting
  11. freeze
    change from a liquid to a solid when cold
  12. ginger
    plant with thick aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
  13. helpful
    providing assistance or serving a useful function
  14. import
    bring in from abroad
  15. informal
    having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere
  16. lament
    express grief verbally
  17. manager
    someone who controls resources and expenditures
  18. mortify
    cause to feel shame
  19. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  20. priceless
    of incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
  21. rascal
    one who is playfully mischievous
  22. restoration
    the state of being returned to a former good condition
  23. savage
    a member of an uncivilized people
  24. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
Created on Wed Apr 12 18:35:37 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Apr 20 15:46:53 EDT 2023)

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