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1. Eyeball.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene II.
2. Puking.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII.
3. Obscene.
Love’s Labours Lost, Act I, Scene I.
4. Cold-blooded.
King John, Act III, Scene I.
5. Hot-blooded.
King Lear, Act II, Scene IV.
6. Fashionable.
Troilus And Cressida, Act III, Scene III.
7. Addiction.
Othello, Act II, Scene II.
8. Arch-villain.
Timon Of Athens, Act V, Scene I.
9. Assassination.
Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII.
10. Bedazzled.
The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, Scene V.
Note: these are all Shakespeare’s coinages according to the Oxford English Dictionary. That doesn’t necessarily mean he invented every word, merely that in each case, the first recorded written usage was in one of his plays.
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