Shakespearean
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- Shakespeareanism noun
- Shakespearianism noun
- half-Shakespearean adjective
- non-Shakespearean adjective
- non-Shakespearian adjective
- post-Shakespearean adjective
- post-Shakespearian adjective
- pre-Shakespearean adjective
- pre-Shakespearian adjective
- pseudo-Shakespearean adjective
- pseudo-Shakespearian adjective
Etymology
Origin of Shakespearean
First recorded in 1810–20; Shakespeare + -an
Example Sentences
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And Salieri seems more of hybrid creature, as though a villain out of Christopher Marlowe had suddenly been endowed with Shakespearean self-awareness.
From Los Angeles Times
Some observers called it a betrayal of Shakespearean proportions.
From Los Angeles Times
Mapplethorpe “approached dressing like living art,” Ms. Smith recalls, leading him to embark on an “aesthetic treasure hunt” to answer “the Shakespearean question: should he or should he not wear three necklaces?”
Duesberg’s embrace of a dangerously wrong hypothesis to the point that it destroyed his career is almost a Shakespearean narrative.
From Los Angeles Times
This Shakespearean traveling show, now at the Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood through Saturday, is a daredevil feat of memory, theatrical bravado and cardio fitness.
From Los Angeles Times
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