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Shakespearean

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shakespeariannounAlternative spelling of Shakespearean. [(literature) 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.]

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shakespeariannounAlternative spelling of Shakespearean. [(literature) 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.]
shakespearenounWilliam Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
hamletianOf or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (circa 1600), with themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
learianOf or relating to William Shakespeare's King Lear.
macbethianOf or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (circa 1603-1607) about a regicide and the supernatural.
shaviannounOf or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.
bacon-shakespeareannounPertaining to the Bacon-Shakespeareans and their beliefs.
actorishOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
schillerianOf or relating to Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright.
dramaticalOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.
thespiannounAn actor or player.
jonsonianOf or pertaining to Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English Renaissance satirical dramatist, poet, actor and contemporary of William Shakespeare, or to his works.
lyricnoun(usually in the plural) The words of a song or other vocal music.
chauceriannoun(literature) Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
theatricalOf or relating to the theatre.
wordsworthiannounPertaining to or characteristic of William Wordsworth.
sheldoniannounOf or pertaining to Gilbert Sheldon.
scriptorialnounOf or pertaining to writing
writerlyof or pertaining to a writer
theaterlikenounResembling or characteristic of a theater, or the medium of theater.

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