Words Shakespeare invented


	Words Shakespeare invented

BigBadWolf

6-25-2007 11:19 AM

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6-25-2007 11:26 AM

dorine

Fascinating! Great clip.

6-25-2007 12:11 PM

ratilfar

Well old Billy had a way with words....

6-26-2007 1:27 AM

Deepti

wow....this was stuff i didn't know....thanks BBW

6-26-2007 1:10 PM

astronkyttaron

Actually "Epileptic" is an ancient Greek word (from the verb epilamvano = I receive further, -it was believed that the epeleptic crisis was coming from Gods-), "Mimic", (from the word mimoumai = I imitate) and "Generous" (from gennaios = brave). "Assassination" comes from "Hashshashin", a militant religious sect of Ismaili Muslims, thought to be active in the Middle East in the 8th to 14th centuries.

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Accused</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Addiction</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Advertising</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Amazement</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Arouse</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Assassination</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Bandit</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Bedroom</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Beached</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Blanket</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Bump</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Cater</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Champion</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Countless</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Epileptic</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Fixture</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Flawed</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Generous</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Hint</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Lonely</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Mimic</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Negotiate</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Obscene</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Premeditated</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Rant</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Summit</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Torture</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Varied</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Worthless</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Zany</LI>
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