Shakespeare Words
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Accused
Popularized in Richard II“ | The accuser and the accused freely speak (1.1.18) | ” |
Shakespeare loved Latin words (accusare) and dropped their English forms whenever he could. He ended up using accused in 12 of his plays. Coincidentally, Big Willy Shakes has been accused of plenty of things over the past half a millennium—including not having written any of his plays. Oops. |
Tag: Richard II