Hamletic
/hæmˈlɛtɪk/
Hamletic adjective: undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
Adjective
Hamletic (comparative more Hamletic, superlative most Hamletic)
- Undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
- The conventional Hamletic interpretation of Stephen's thought establishes Haines as the British master, Buck as his gay attendant, and Stephen as the jester, the docile subject to the whims of both.1999, Gian Balsamo, Pruning the Genealogical Tree: Procreation and Lineage, in Literature, Law […]
- 2008 (published), Robert B. Heilman, The Ghost on the Ramparts and Other Essays in the Humanities
Invariably anything Hamletic intimates a large world and major problems, and who could question the rightness of this suggestion for the humanities, in academe or outside?
Forms of Hamletic
| comparative | more Hamletic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Hamletic |
| alternative form | amletic |
Origin of Hamletic
From the name of Hamlet, William Shakespeare character, + -ic.
Words that rhyme with Hamletic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
Questions about Hamletic
- What does Hamletic mean?
- Hamletic means undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
- What part of speech is Hamletic?
- Hamletic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Hamletic?
- Hamletic is pronounced /hæmˈlɛtɪk/.
Words near Hamletic in the dictionary
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