Stanley Malless

A neat little book with quaint illustrations. It's in alphabetical order and pretty neat. Each word is put into its Shakespearean context, its etymology is given, and some later uses are then given. Pretty neat. It turns out most words Shakespeare "invented" were different uses for words that already existed, like turning a noun into a verb or a verb into an adjective, etc.

A descriptive dictionary of English words and terms whose first appearance was in the bible. Words and phrases such as Sodom and Gommorah, puberty, salt of the earth, even excellent, seashore and wordy are included. Their first appearances are cited based on the translation the words came from and how each word has evolved in use and definition.

The title of this book is spoken tongue-firmly-in-cheek. These are words that were not in the English language until they appeared in English Bibles in the era of the Great Bible, the Bishops Bible, and the Authorized Version, and were thus "coned by God."