Shakespeare Words

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Reliance

Invented in The Life of Timon of Athens

his days and times are past
And my reliances on his fracted dates


Check this out: rely + -ance = reliance. See what we did there? Shakespeare did, too, because that's how he came up with the word in the first place.

Many of the words Shakespeare is credited with inventing came to be in this way. Maybe we should go into the word creating business.

Shmoop + ify = Shmoopify.


Tag: The Life of Timon of Athens

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