Ado. = Much Ado About Nothing
Aw. = All's Well that Ends's Well
Ant. = Antony and Cleopatra
Ayl. = As You Like It
Chor. = Chorus
Cor. = Coriolanus
Cym. = Cymbeline
Epil. = Epilogue
Gent. = Two Gentlemen of Verona
1KH4. = 1 Henry IV
2KH4. = 2 Henry IV
1KH6. = 1 Henry VI
2KH6. = 2 Henry VI
3KH6. = 3 Henry VI
H8. = Henry VIII
Ham. = Hamlet
KJ. = King John
LLL. = Love's Labours Lost
Lr. = King Lear
Lucr. = Rape of Lucrece
Mac. = Macbeth
Meas. = Measure for Measure
Mer. = Merchant of Venice
MND. = Midsummer Night's Dream
Oth. = Othello
Per. = Pericles
R2. = Richard II
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R3. = Richard III
Rom. = Romeo and Juliet
Shr. = Taming of the Shrew
Tim. = Timon of Athens
Tit. = Titus Andronicus
Temp. = The Tempest
Troil. = Troilus and Cressida
Ven. = Venus and Adonis
Wint. = Winter's Tale
Wiv. = Merry Wives of Windsor
adj. = adjective
adv. = adverb
arch. = archaic
comp. = compound
conj. = conjunction
esp. = especially
F1, F2. = Folio 1, Folio 2
Fr. = French
freq. = frequently
It. = Italian
L. = Latin
obs. = obsolete
pl. = plural
prep. = preposition
prob. = probably
Q. = quarto
vb. = verb |
Words Shakespeare Coined