paarsurrey
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"Green-Eyed"15 Words Invented by Shakespeare
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- Bandit. Henry VI, Part 2. 1594.
- Critic. Love's Labour Lost. 1598.
- Dauntless. Henry VI, Part 3. 1616.
- Dwindle. Henry IV, Part 1. 1598.
- Elbow (as a verb) King Lear. 1608.
- Green-Eyed (to describe jealousy) The Merchant of Venice. 1600.
- Lackluster. As You Like It. 1616.
- Lonely. Coriolanus. 1616.
Tom
Shakespeare used "green-eyed monster". Right, please?
If yes, then it is an idiom/phrase/expression:
"the green-eyed monster"
Jealousy. The phrase comes from the Shakespeare play Othello.
"green-eyed monster"
Jealousy, as in Bella knew that her husband sometimes succumbed to the green-eyed monster.
This expression was coined by Shakespeare in Othello (3:3), where Iago says: "O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." It is thought to allude to cats, often green-eyed, who tease their prey.
"the green-eyed monster"
jealousy. literary
Green is traditionally the colour of jealousy, as shown in the previous
idiom green with envy and in this one, where the green-eyed monster is jealousy personified. This expression is a quotation from Shakespeare 's Othello, where Iago warns: ‘O! beware my lord of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on’.
See also: monster
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/green-eyed+monster
So, it is not a word, please.
Regards
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