National Shakespeare Day William Shakespeare was one of

National Shakespeare Day William Shakespeare was one of England’s greatest poets and dramatists. People all around the globe celebrate National Shakespeare Day on April 23 rd each year.

National Shakespeare Day – Did you know… The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising wholly original words. Fancy a hobnob you greeneyed madcap?

Words Shakespeare Invented Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare invented – how many do you recognise? academe arouse beached barefaced caked compromise dawn dwindle exposure frugal gust impartial laughable madcap monumental obscene panders rant skim milk tranquil worthless accused assassination besmirch blushing cater courtship deafening epileptic eyeball generous hint invulnerable lonely majestic moonbeam obsequiously pedant remorseless submerge undress zany addiction backing birthplace bet champion countless discontent equivocal fashionable gloomy hobnob jaded lower marketable mountaineer ode premeditated savagery summit unreal gnarled advertising bandit blanket bump circumstantial critic dishearten elbow fixture gossip hurried label luggage metamorphize negotiate olympian puking scuffle swagger varied grovel amazement bedroom bloodstained buzzer cold-blooded dauntless drugged excitement flawed green-eyed impede lackluster lustrous mimic noiseless outbreak radiance secure torture vaulting

Shakespeare could also write a good insult or twenty! Thou art a beslubbered, pebbling, churlish clotpole, a beef-witted, gleekng bum-bailey, a gorbellied, mewling hedge born, onion-eyed, fustilarian, cob loaf, flap-eared, knotty-pated measle, you ruttish, reeking, coxcomb, you hugger-mugger moldwarp, you pottle-deep, maggot pie lewdster, yeasty, tickle-brained, whey-faced, nut-hook skainsmate? Watch this insulting video http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Zchaqy 2 Aln. Q

Create your own Shakespearian insult! Use the table below to create you own insult. Simply start your sentence with ‘thou’ and pick a word from each column! What are you waiting for thou infectious onion-eyed codpiece! bootless clouted dissembling droning errant frothy gleeking goatish infectious jarring loggerheaded puking rank ruttish saucy spongy unmuzzled vain villainous weedy beetle-headed clay-brained dizzy-eyed doghearted dread-bolted fen-sucked flap-mouthed fly-bitten full-gorged guts-griping half-faced knotty-pated onion-eyed pox-marked reeling-ripe rude-growing sheep-biting spur-galled tardy-gaited unchin-snouted bladder bum-bailey coxcomb codpiece death-token flirt-gill foot-licker fustilarian haggard harpy hedge-pig malt-worm minnow mumble-news nut-hook pignut ratsbane scut strumpet whey-face