SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLISH The Bible uses8000different words. Shakespeare used 18000.But he did make up about 1700of them or gave them different meanings. If you fancy writing your own play in the style of Shakespeare, below is a list of words Shakespeare used. Unfortunately their meanings have been mixed up. Look carefully at the two lists and try to match up the words with their correct meanings. Someare easy, some have clues and some are just odd!
air-drawn
wrist band
allycholly
little by little
blunt-witted
candlestick
bottom
dragged by the head
burn daylight
imaginary
buzzer
stupid
by small and small
in addition
canstick
melancholy, sad
head-lugged
a ball of thread
ich-eke
a tell tale
sleeve-hand
to waste time
sluggabed
someonewho snaps things up
sluggardise
longingly
snapper-up
someonewho tries to be witty (funny) and fails
snipe
someonewho lies in bed for too long in the mornings
snipt taffeta fellow
a fool
wistly
to make lazy
wist-snapper
someonewho wanders around in slashed silk clothes
T EACHER ’S ANSWERS
air-drawn
imaginary
allycholly
melancholy, sad
blunt-witted
stupid
bottom
a ball of thread
burn daylight
to waste time
buzzer
a tell tale
by small and small
little by little
canstick
candlestick
head-lugged
dragged by the head
ich-eke
in addition
sleeve-hand
wrist band
sluggabed
someonewho lies in bed for too long in the mornings
sluggardise
to make lazy
snapper-up
someonewho snaps things up
snipe
a fool
snipt taffeta fellow
someonewho wanders around in slashed silk clothes
wistly
longingly
wist-snapper
someonewho tries to be witty (funny) and fails