Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words we still use

William Shakespeare, the famous playwright from 1564 to 1616, is credited with creating or first recording over 1,700 English words still common today. The Oxford English Dictionary shows his works introduced terms like 'assassination,' 'bedroom,' 'lonely,' and 'swagger,' significantly expanding vocabulary. He achieved this by combining words, turning nouns into verbs, and adding prefixes, shaping Elizabethan English.