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Shake⋅spear⋅e⋅an
[sheyk-speer-ee-uh
n] 
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works. |
–noun
| 2. | a Shakespearean scholar; a specialist in the study of the works of Shakespeare. |
Also, Shake⋅spear⋅i⋅an.
Related forms:
Shake⋅spear⋅e⋅an⋅ism, Shake⋅spear⋅i⋅an⋅ism, noun
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| Shake·speare (shāk'spîr) English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. His plays, many of which were performed at the Globe Theater in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He also composed 154 sonnets. The earliest collected edition of his plays, the First Folio, contained 36 plays and was published posthumously (1623). Shake·spear'e·an, Shake·spear'i·an adj. & n. |
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