This month marks the 452nd anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare as well as the 400th anniversary of his death. Both of these monumental events occurred in the English village of ...

Where it’s from: The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Sc 7 The full quote: “All that glisters is not gold—Often have you heard that told.” Although we tend to say “glitters” rather than “glisters” these ...

A quick search on the internet will produce hundreds of words and phrases attributed to William Shakespeare, many – or most – of which he may have invented. A few phrases have taken on a life of their ...

The Oxford English Dictionary, in its infinite wisdom, includes word provenance alongside definition. It always outlines the first time a word actually appeared in written English … and one person is ...

One of the many pieces of popular lore attributed to Shakespeare (and there are a lot) is that he invented up to 1,700 of the words we use today. But can he really claim all of those words, or is ...

Assassination, bedazzled, lonely, rant, scuffle, zany: These are just a few of the 1,700 words we traditionally credit to Shakespeare. Some, like elbow, seem like they should have always existed in ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. While most of us know ...

This year marks the 452nd anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare as well as the 400th anniversary of his death. Both of these monumental events occurred in April in the English village of ...