Wordsworth, William. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Wordsworth, William

SYLLABICATION:	Words·worth
PRONUNCIATION:	wûrdzwûrth
DATES:	1770–1850
	British poet whose most important collection, Lyrical Ballads (1798), published jointly with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped establish romanticism in England. He was appointed poet laureate in 1843.
OTHER FORMS:	Words·worthi·an —ADJECTIVE


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