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Shakespearean

//ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
  3. 3
    Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a Shakespearean scholar wordnet
  3. 3
    A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Shakespeare + -ean.

Etymology 2

From Shakespeare + -ean.

Etymology 3

From Shakespeare + -ean.

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