A list of 25 words by yarb.
- dawnwas added by yarb and appears on 92 lists
- bumpwas added by yarb and appears on 50 lists
- academewas added by yarb and appears on 13 lists
- addictionwas added by yarb and appears on 36 lists
- hintwas added by yarb and appears on 33 lists
- moonbeamwas added by yarb and appears on 25 lists
- gossipwas added by yarb and appears on 38 lists
- luggagewas added by yarb and appears on 30 lists
- amazementwas added by yarb and appears on 11 lists
- eyeballwas added by yarb and appears on 30 lists
- gustwas added by yarb and appears on 52 lists
- mimicwas added by yarb and appears on 43 lists
- buzzerwas added by yarb and appears on 16 lists
- odewas added by yarb and appears on 48 lists
- courtshipwas added by yarb and appears on 26 lists
- pageantrywas added by yarb and appears on 19 lists
- birthplacewas added by yarb and appears on 11 lists
- radiancewas added by yarb and appears on 46 lists
- bedroomwas added by yarb and appears on 23 lists
- savagerywas added by yarb and appears on 16 lists
- mountaineerwas added by yarb and appears on 7 lists
- banditwas added by yarb and appears on 50 lists
- criticwas added by yarb and appears on 27 lists
- scufflewas added by yarb and appears on 42 lists
- summitwas added by yarb and appears on 68 lists
reesetee commented on the list nouns-first-attested-in-shakespeare
Eyeball? Shakespeare coined eyeball?
I knew there was a reason for his fame.
October 25, 2007
yarb commented on the list nouns-first-attested-in-shakespeare
Cool huh?
A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii:
"Then crush this herb into Lysander's eye;
Whose liquor hath this virtuous property, (385)
To take from thence all error with his might,
And make his eyeballs roll with wonted sight."
October 25, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the list nouns-first-attested-in-shakespeare
Wait--ode? Really?
April 25, 2013
qroqqa commented on the list nouns-first-attested-in-shakespeare
The vagaries of attestation. The 2nd edition OED has a line from Love's Labour's Lost, dated 1588, as its first use: 'Once more Ile read the Ode that I haue writ'. Then follows a 1589 quotation from Puttenham.
The 3rd edition has corrected the L.L.L. date to 1598, thus making Puttenham an antedate. (And it notes the 1598 spelling was Odo, changed to Ode in the First Folio.) It now also has a 1579 quotation from Spenser, plus a 1538 dictionary entry—which shouldn't really count, as it's not a use.
And why are my italic tags not coming out, eh?
April 26, 2013