FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The result are 420 bona fide words minted, coined, and invented by Shakespeare, from “academe” to “zany”: academe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s plays are as popular as they are because he was perhaps the greatest writer who has ever lived. It’s partly because he was writing plays which go on being performed and therefore which can be brought freshly to life for each generation by actors of the present.
Detailed explanation-3: -Along with these everyday words invented by Shakespeare, he also created a number of words in his plays that never quite caught on in the same way… Shakespearean words like ‘Armgaunt’, ‘Eftes’, ‘Impeticos’, ‘Insisture’, ‘Pajock’, ‘Pioned’ ‘Ribaudred’ and ‘Wappened’.
Detailed explanation-4: -ABHOR-To reject, disdain. ABSOLUTE-Without flaw, perfect. ADDICTION-Tendency, proneness. BALK-To hesitate, chop; to dispute. BRAVE-Handsome. CHARACTER-Letter, word. COIL-Distress, trouble. More items