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Shakspearian

Shakspearian is the alternative 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.

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Forms of Shakspearian

comparativemore Shakspearian
superlativemost Shakspearian

Questions about Shakspearian

What is Shakspearian the alternative spelling of?
Shakspearian is the alternative spelling of Shakespearean.

Words near Shakspearian in the dictionary

  1. shakshuka
  2. Shakspeare
  3. Shakspearean
  4. Shakspeareanism
  5. Shakspeareanisms
  6. Shakspearian
  7. Shakspearianism
  8. Shakspearianisms
  9. Shakspearism
  10. Shakspearisms
  11. Shakspere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shakspearian (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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