Shakespearean
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- noun
- /ˌʃeɪkˈspɪr.i.ən/
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especialista en Shakespeare
- The theater company hired a renowned Shakespearean to direct their production of "Hamlet."
- almost Shakespearean
Examples
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As a dedicated Shakespearean, she spends hours analyzing the themes and characters in his plays.
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During the seminar, he was praised for being an insightful Shakespearean who brought fresh interpretations to classic texts.
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- As You Like It is an example of Shakespearean... pastoral... comedy.
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And I thought to myself, what if we transform some of England's finest football players into the finest Shakespearean actors?
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Positively Shakespearean.
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I considered if it was my subconscious getting all Shakespearean on me and telling me there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
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Other references range from the Shakespearean—using disguised lovers—to TV sitcom slapstick like The Jeffersons.
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Compounds
- Literature
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A 14-line poem that has three four-line parts and final two lines with the rhyme abab cdcd efef gg
Surface Forms
Morphology
Shakespearean = Shakespeare (transparent) = Shakespeare + an
Formed directly from the proper name 'Shakespeare' plus the productive suffix '-an' to denote a person associated with or specializing in Shakespeare.
Etymology
Shakespearean comes from the name Shakespeare, made of the words 'shake' and 'spear', and the ending -an which means 'related to' or 'from'. So a Shakespearean is a person who studies or performs works by Shakespeare.