HOME ABOUT CORPUS
New Definitions Frequency
GAR WEEK JOAN NONNY SOLA JUVENAL VIA UNTUTORED LOO JOSH SHERRIS SYMPATHIZE FER BAWCOCK DIABLE ROOKY DATELESS BAVIAN BUDGER PROPERTIED EXPOSURE CANOPIED UNCURRENT UNBATED ARGAL VASTIDITY UNFATHERED SESSA AROINT PASSADO ALLONS NAYWORD GAR FIXTURE ROOKY NONNY EXPRESSURE COLLIED UNDISTINGUISHABLE DIABLE DIRECTITUDE UNTENDER FITMENT UNPREGNANT CHAPLESS LOO DROLLERY SESSA NONNY UNDESERVER DWINDLE SMIRCHED DERACINATE SAVAGERY RUNNION JOAN LUSTIHOOD EFFECTLESS BOTTLED FOURTE HIST PASH UNCUCKOLDED CLOYLESS BOTTLED DEROGATELY PLUMPY RIBAUDRED MOCKABLE BEMOCK BUDGER ALLIGATOR ABROOK BARKY REJOINDURE RESPEAK UNCLUG LANGUAGE YELLOW TRASH PRENZIE

SHAKESPEARE'S NEOLOGISMS

Shakespeare Portrait

WHAT IS A NEOLOGISM?

A Neologism is a newly coined word or expression that has been recently added to a language. Shakespeare has been credited with inventing or popularizing anywhere from 1,700 to 2,000 words in the English language.

This websites purpose is to explore which neologisms have been used most frequently across his works, and how their definitions have evolved over time.

Navigation

Our website includes several pages to help you explore Shakespeare's neologisms and their evolution:

ABOUT page featuring project details and methodology, a CORPUS page listing Shakespeare's plays in the dataset with metadata, and an ANALYSIS page displaying select neologisms with the old definitions and the modern day ones.

There are also many subpages for each word and each play that further explore quantitative analysis