

May 22, 2014 This week's theme

Words coined after Shakespearean characters



This week's words

ophelian

benedict

hamlet

bardolphian

polonian



Bardolph Art: Henry Stacy Marks, 1853 Words coined after Shakespearean characters A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



Bardolphian PRONUNCIATION: (bar-DOL-fee-uhn)

MEANING: adjective: Having a red complexion, especially a red nose.

ETYMOLOGY: Henry IV, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, who was noted for his red nose. Earliest documented use: 1756. Another character from these plays who has become a word in English is After Bardolph, a character in Shakespeare's, and, who was noted for his red nose. Earliest documented use: 1756. Another character from these plays who has become a word in English is Falstaff

USAGE:

Matthew Pearl; The Dante Club; Random House; 2003.



"His cheeks were plump and

Nathaniel Hawthorne; Fanshawe; Marsh and Capen; 1828. "The man, who had flushed a Bardolphian hue from the excitement, unlocked a drawer."Matthew Pearl; The Dante Club; Random House; 2003."His cheeks were plump and sanguine ; his eyes bright and cheerful; and the tip of his nose glowed with a Bardolphian fire."Nathaniel Hawthorne; Fanshawe; Marsh and Capen; 1828.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (1859-1930)





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