Eugene O'Neill

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An important American writer of plays who wrote Long Day's Journey Into Night

proper noun
/juˈdʒin oʊˈniːl/

: Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill is a great playwright.

Examples

Broadway theaters have staged several revivals of Eugene O'Neill's most famous works.
Eugene O'Neill is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century.
Many of Eugene O'Neill's plays explore complex family dynamics and personal struggles.
Don't forget to read Eugene O'Neill!
Eugene O'Neill wrote many iconic plays that have shaped American theater.
One of Eugene O'Neill's most famous works is 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'.
Eugene O'Neill's contributions to drama earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Synonyms

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

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An American writer of plays known for powerful family dramas

uses the shorter common name and mentions fewer works

Surface Forms

Eugene O'Neill main

Morphology

Eugene + O'Neill

This is a proper name (a person's full name) whose meaning ('a prominent American playwright') is not compositionally derived from its parts; knowing the tokens 'Eugene' and 'O'Neill' does not tell a learner about profession or notability. Recognizing it as a person is possible, but identifying the specific biographical information requires cultural/world knowledge rather than transparent lexical composition.

Etymology

Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright who turned his own hard family life and time at sea into honest, often dark stage stories. Because he wrote truthful, powerful 'plays' about real people and strong feelings, his name is now linked to deep, serious drama.