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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Shakespeare or Bacon? #62811 03/28/2002 2:52 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 Upstate NY indianaugust stranger indianaugust stranger Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 Upstate NY I came across "Honorificabilitudinitatibus", it is from a Shakespearean play "Love's labour Lost" and is supposed to mean "a nonsense word" I didn't quite get it . It is also alleged that if it is arranged in an anagram it proves that Shakespearean plays were actually written by Francis Bacon !! Can somebody shed light ?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Shakespeare or Bacon? indianaugust 03/28/2002 2:52 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? tsuwm 03/28/2002 3:03 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? Jackie 03/29/2002 1:58 PM ... and then there's Marlowe AnnaStrophic 03/28/2002 3:20 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? wwh 03/28/2002 3:45 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/28/2002 7:50 PM Re: Indian summer wwh 03/28/2002 8:00 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? indianaugust 03/28/2002 8:10 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/28/2002 8:34 PM Indian Summer TEd Remington 04/01/2002 12:46 AM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? Jazzoctopus 03/28/2002 9:30 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? boronia 03/28/2002 9:32 PM Re: honorificabilitudinitatibus WhitmanO'Neill 04/05/2003 2:35 PM Re: honorificabilitudinitatibus Faldage 04/05/2003 4:20 PM Re: honorificabilitudinitatibus Bingley 04/07/2003 4:39 AM Re: honorificabilitudinitatibus Faldage 04/07/2003 11:14 AM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? tsuwm 03/28/2002 9:39 PM Re: Shakespeare or Bacon? Rubrick 03/29/2002 1:31 PM Shaconian anagram ? indianaugust 03/29/2002 5:39 PM Re: Shaconian anagram ? Rubrick 03/29/2002 5:48 PM Re: Honorificabilitudinitatibus Keiva 03/30/2002 12:05 AM Patience, young Jedi wofahulicodoc 03/30/2002 8:04 PM Re: Honorificabilitudinitatibus Keiva 04/13/2002 4:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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