Shakespearean
English
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editFrom Shakespeare + -ean.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: shāk-spîrʹē-ən
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃeɪkˈspɪəɹi.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiən, -ɪɹiən
Adjective
editShakespearean (comparative more Shakespearean, superlative most Shakespearean)
- (literature) 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.
- 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter XI, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
- […] 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.
- 1922, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Hole in the Wall”, in The Man Who Knew Too Much […] [1], London: Cassell and Company, pages 80–81:
- 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.
- 1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 25, in Burr:
- Meanwhile, I presided over the Senate. I also dined quite frequently with the President who continued to delight and fascinate me with his conversation, not to mention his wonderful malice which was positively Shakespearean in its variety.
- 2023 May 7, Michael Billington, “The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- There was indeed something Shakespearean about both the service in the abbey and the marches that surrounded it. By Shakespearean I mean there was a blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery.
- Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
- Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.
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editpertaining to Shakespeare or his works
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Noun
editShakespearean (plural Shakespeareans)
- A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.
- 1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917, page 341:
- 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. […]"
- A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.
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