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Shakespearean

  1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Shakespeare or his writings
  2. evocative of a theme, setting, or event from a work of Shakespeare
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proper noun

  1. an authority on or devotee of Shakespeare
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃeɪkˈspɪəɹi.ən/ / /ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English Shakespeare English -ean English Shakespearean From Shakespeare + -ean.

  1. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

    […]there were those who had them set far over back—wide-awake men, who wanted a clear prospect; while careless men, who did not know, or care, how their hats sat, had them shaking about in all directions. The various hats, in fact, were quite a Shakespearean study.

    The boisterous Bulmer playfully made a pass at him with his drawn sword, going forward with the lunge in the proper fencing fashion, and making a somewhat too familiar Shakespearean quotation about a rodent and a Venetian coin.

  2. Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
  3. Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.

name

Etymology: Etymology tree English Shakespeare English -ean English Shakespearean From Shakespeare + -ean.

  1. Shakespearean English.

    I have had no one to talk to for ages. There’s Ma, who only talks in Shakespearean. And it took me ages to learn that and I still don’t understand the whole thing.

    Honorable Corps Commander, I am one of your seven personal robots at your residence, and I assure you I am the best. […] I can speak Shakespearean, Hoch Deutch, Urdu, and three other dead languages.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English Shakespeare English -ean English Shakespearean From Shakespeare + -ean.

  1. A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.

    Another lawyer and well-known Shakespearian, Richard Grant White, says: "No dramatist of the time, not even [Francis] Beaumont, who was the younger son of a judge of the Common Pleas, and who after studying in the Inns of Court abandoned law for the drama, used legal phrases with Shakespeare's readiness and exactness.[…]"

  2. A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.