| 词汇 | shakespearean words |
| 词源 | Shakespearean words. The OED credits over 500 invented words to Shakespeare. A small sample of these were cleverly ar- ranged in the New York Times (11/10/02): From the “spectacled” “pedant” to the “schoolboy,” all “gentlefolk” recognize Shakespeare as a “fathomless” “fount” of coinages. The “honey-tongued” Bard had no “rival,” nor could he “sate” his “never-ending” “addiction” to “madcap,” “flowery” (or “foul-mouthed”!) neologisms. Even “time-honored” “exposure” cannot “besmirch” our “amazement” at the “countless” and “useful” words that lend “radiance” to our “lackluster” lives. All in a “day’s work!” Many other such coinages can be found throughout this book and in the index. |
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英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。