William Shakespeare used very rich and colorful language in his works, but many of those words and terms are outdated and cannot be found in modern dictionaries. William Shakespeare's works sometimes appear to have a language of their own.

Indeed, William Shakespeare did in fact invent many of the words that he used, and these are documented in this Dictionary of Shakespearean Terms.

Inventing new words for the English language seems to be a definite objective for Shakespeare! The words coined by Shakespeare are explained with their full origins and meanings.

It can be difficult to understand the real meanings behind some of the Shakespeare language in the great plays and sonnets. And this is hardly surprising when the expressions and their meanings have been obsolete since the Elizabethan era!

William Shakespeare was not born to the nobility and his Elizabethan education was quite basic as he left school...