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Flowery

Invented in A Midsummer Night's Dream

What angel wakes me from my flowery bed? (3.1.30)

It makes sense that Shakespeare created this one for A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which a flower has a special wonder drug in it that can make people fall in love with you. Where was that when we met Ryan Gosling?

What's funny is that people have since taken this word to describe writing—writing kind of like Shakespeare's, you might say.


Tag: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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