SHAKESPEAREAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shakespearean mean? 

• SHAKESPEAREAN (noun)
  The noun SHAKESPEAREAN has 1 sense:

1. a Shakespearean scholar

  Familiarity information: SHAKESPEAREAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SHAKESPEAREAN (adjective)
  The adjective SHAKESPEAREAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works

  Familiarity information: SHAKESPEAREAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAKESPEAREAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Shakespearean scholar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Shakespearean; Shakespearian

Hypernyms ("Shakespearean" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

• SHAKESPEAREAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Shakespearean; Shakespearian

Context example:

Shakespearean plays

Pertainym:

Shakespeare (English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616))

Derivation:

Shakespeare (English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616))

 Context examples 

So looks the Shakespearean who is confronted by a rancid Baconian, or the astronomer who is assailed by a flat-earth fanatic.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)