Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shakespearian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: shake-spear-i-an
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.

noun

Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Shakespeare Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Shakespearian From Shakespeare + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Shakespearian (comparative) most Shakespearian (superlative) Shakespearians (plural)

Derived Forms

Shakespearianism Shakespearianly Shakespearianness

Synonyms

shakespearean

Questions

What does shakespearian mean?: Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.
Where does shakespearian come from?: Etymology tree English Shakespeare Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Shakespearian From Shakespeare + -ian.

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