William Wycherley biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William Wycherley

Author Name:

William Wycherley

Born As:

William Wycherley

Other Names:

Born:

1640

Died:

13 Dec 1715




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Wycherly may have coined the expression "nincompoop" in one of his plays. The Oxford-English dictionary also cites Wycherly as the first user of the phrase "happy-go-lucky" in 1672.