adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.

   "the Ophelian scene"

2. 2
   Frantic; tragically insane.

   "Punning in an Ophelian frenzy on the feminine glans? Raving about the delectations of clitorism?"

Example

More examples

"Punning in an Ophelian frenzy on the feminine glans? Raving about the delectations of clitorism?"

Etymology

From Ophelia + -an. Compare French ophélique, ophélien.

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