Shakespeare+Language

__** Shakespearean/Elizabethan Dictionaries **__


 * ====== Use the following links to help you decipher Shakespearean language. ======

[|Archaic Words] [|Obscure Words] - search by letter of word [|Borrowed Words] - search by country/language name (this will then list the words borrowed from that country/language) [|The Absolute Shakespeare Glossary] [|Shakespeare's Insults] [|Shakespearean Insults 2] [|Shakespearean Insults 3] [|Shakespeare's Words] [|Shakespeare Dictionary] [|William Shakespeare: Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary] [|C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary] [|Shakespeare High]

Our Ever Changing Language

Use the following websites to help you discover how the English language has changed over the years.

[|Obsolete Words] [|Obsolete Word of the Day] [|Archaic Words] [|Obscure Words] - search by letter of word [|Borrowed Words] - search by country/language name (this will then list the words borrowed from that country/language) [|Words From Other Languages] [|The Influence of Other Languages] - Scroll down a little and you will see a few lists of words [|Words "Loaned" to English] [|New Words] [|New Words By Year] - Click on the year to find words introduced in that year [|New Words in English] [|"Old" New Words] - These are words that were added to the English language a few decades ago (sill relatively new) [|More "Old" New Words]

Use the following links to look up words for the Fun with Shakespeare's Language activity. [|The Absolute Shakespeare Glossary] [|Shakespeare's Insults] [|Shakespearean Insults 2] [|Shakespearean Insults 3] [|Ask Oxford] [|Shakespeare's Words] [|Shakespeare Dictionary] [|William Shakespeare: Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary] [|C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary]