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Shakesperian

Shakesperian is the archaic spelling of Shakespearean.

Meaning of Shakespearean

Adjective

Shakespearean (comparative more Shakespearean, superlative most Shakespearean)

  1. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.
    • […]there were those who had them set far over back—wide-awake men, who wanted a clear prospect; while careless men, who did not know, or care, how their hats sat, had them shaking about in all directions. The various hats, in fact, were quite a Shakespearean study.1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter XI, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor &...
  2. Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
  3. Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.

See all 6 meanings of Shakespearean

Forms of Shakesperian

comparativemore Shakesperian
superlativemost Shakesperian

Origin of Shakesperian

From Shakespere + -ian.

Questions about Shakesperian

What is Shakesperian the archaic spelling of?
Shakesperian is the archaic spelling of Shakespearean.

Words near Shakesperian in the dictionary

  1. Shakespearologist
  2. Shakespearologists
  3. Shakespearology
  4. Shakesperana
  5. Shakespere
  6. Shakesperian
  7. shakest
  8. shakester
  9. shakesters
  10. shaketh
  11. shakeup

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shakesperian (page history and authors); Shakespearean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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