When Was the Word Lackluster First Used?

The first known use of lackluster was in 1600.

Who created the word lackluster?

Shakespeare gave us the compound lackluster, first using the term in his play As You Like It.

Where did the word lackluster come from?

lackluster (adj.)

1600, "dull, wanting brightness" (originally of eyes), first attested in "As You Like It," from lack (v.) + luster (n. 1). Such combinations with lack- were frequent once: Shakespeare alone also has lack-love, lack-beard, lack-brain, lack-linen.

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