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un-Shakespearean

un-Shakespearean adjective: not Shakespearean; not thematically or stylistically like the works of Shakespeare.

Adjective

un-Shakespearean (comparative more un-Shakespearean, superlative most un-Shakespearean)

  1. Not Shakespearean; not thematically or stylistically like the works of Shakespeare.
    • The cross-fertilization of Elizabethan drama with French symbolism gave rise to the "Princess Maleine", a new species if there ever was one, Shakespearean in form and incident, most un-Shakespearean in everything else.1916, Edwin E. Slosson, Major Prophets of To-Day, Boston

Forms of un-Shakespearean

comparativemore un-Shakespearean
superlativemost un-Shakespearean
alternative formunShakespearean

Origin of un-Shakespearean

From un- + Shakespearean.

Questions about un-Shakespearean

What does un-Shakespearean mean?
Un-Shakespearean means not Shakespearean; not thematically or stylistically like the works of Shakespeare.
What part of speech is un-Shakespearean?
Un-Shakespearean is an adjective.

Words near un-Shakespearean in the dictionary

  1. un-reacts
  2. un-rock and roll
  3. un-RSVP
  4. un-ruin
  5. un-self-explanatory
  6. un-Shakespearean
  7. un-shark-like
  8. un-sharklike
  9. un-Sunni
  10. un-time
  11. un-timed

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