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Lady Macbethian

Lady Macbethian adjective: resembling or relating to Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, a determined and unscrupulous woman who urges her husband to commit murder to advance his rank.

Adjective

Lady Macbethian (comparative more Lady Macbethian, superlative most Lady Macbethian)

  1. Resembling or relating to Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, a determined and unscrupulous woman who urges her husband to commit murder to advance his rank.

Forms of Lady Macbethian

comparativemore Lady Macbethian
superlativemost Lady Macbethian

Origin of Lady Macbethian

From Lady Macbeth + -ian.

Questions about Lady Macbethian

What does Lady Macbethian mean?
Lady Macbethian means resembling or relating to Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, a determined and unscrupulous woman who urges her husband to commit murder to advance his rank.
What part of speech is Lady Macbethian?
Lady Macbethian is an adjective.

Words near Lady Macbethian in the dictionary

  1. Lady Liberty
  2. lady love
  3. lady luck
  4. lady lumps
  5. Lady Macbeth
  6. Lady Macbethian
  7. Lady Macbeths
  8. Lady Mayoress
  9. Lady Mayoresses
  10. Lady McLeod
  11. Lady McLeods

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