shakespearesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of the works of William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet.
Example Sentences
- "Bloom does not say that Shakespeare invented idiosyncratic Shakespearesque characters, he invented the human for all that Hamlet and the rest are Shakespeare's unique creations."
- "I am more interested in the writers that were not influenced by Shakespeare of that period, rather than the sort of Shakespearesque plays."
- "It's all very clever, this Shakespearesque touch by which the characters reveal a major flaw in Samson's character: his lack of understanding of social relationships and the superior thickness of blood to a recently contracted marriage."
Etymology
From Shakespeare + -esque.
Inflected Forms
more Shakespearesque (comparative)
most Shakespearesque (superlative)