English word senses marked with topical category "William Shakespeare"
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Total 101 word senses
- Bacon-Shakespearean (Noun) One who believes that Francis Bacon (1561–1626) or a relation of his was the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.
- Baconian (Noun) One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
- Bard (Proper name) William Shakespeare.
- Bardolphian (Adjective) Of or relating to Bardolph, an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays, especially in having the red nose of a habitual drunkard.
- Billy Wigglestick (Proper name) William Shakespeare.
- Capulet (Noun) A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.
- Derbyite (Noun) A person who believes that the works attributed to William Shakespeare have actually been authored by William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby.
- Derbyite (Adjective) Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that the works attributed to William Shakespeare have actually been authored by William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby.
- Desdemona (Proper name) Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy.
- Dogberry (Noun) A pompous, foolish or self-important official.
- Dogberryism (Noun) A malapropism.
- Falstaff (Noun) A fat and jolly knight.
- Hamlet (Proper name) A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
- Hamlet (Proper name) The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
- Hamletian (Adjective) Of or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (circa 1600), with themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
- Hamletic (Adjective) Undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
- Hamletism (Noun) Disastrous indecisiveness.
- Hermia (Proper name) A female given name
- Iago (Proper name) The villain of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello; any similar villain or deceitful underling.
- Juliet (Proper name) One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
- Juliet balcony (Noun) Synonym of balconette
- Juliet cap (Noun) A round shaped tight-fitted cap worn by brides etc.
- Lady Macbeth (Noun) A determined but ruthless or unscrupulous woman.
- 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.
- Lear (Proper name) The name of a legendary early king of Britain, the central character in Shakespeare's King Lear.
- Macbeth (Proper name) A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
- Macbeth (Proper name) The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play.
- Macbeth trap (Noun) A kind of stage trapdoor rigged to drop below floor level and slide to one side.
- Macbethian (Adjective) Of or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (circa 1603-1607) about a regicide and the supernatural.
- Marlovian (Adjective) Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.
- Marlovian (Noun) Someone who believes that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.
- Mercutio (Proper name) One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
- Montague (Proper name) A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
- Montague (Proper name) A male given name.
- Montague (Proper name) By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet.
- Montague (Proper name) A city in Siskiyou County, California.
- Montague (Proper name) An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas.
- Oberon (Proper name) A fictional character in medieval and Renaissance literature, the king of the fairies, appearing for example in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Ophelia (Proper name) A female given name from Ancient Greek
- Ophelia (Proper name) A moon of Uranus, named after the character in Hamlet.
- Ophelian (Adjective) Depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.
- Othello (Proper name) The title character in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello.
- Othello error (Noun) An erroneous conclusion that someone is lying based on signs of stress.
- Othello syndrome (Noun) delusional jealousy; a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a strong delusional belief that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful
- Othelloesque (Adjective) Reminiscent of Shakespeare's character Othello, especially in feeling delusional jealousy toward one's innocent lover.
- Polonius (Noun) A busybody who makes poor judgments.
- Regan (Proper name) A female given name transferred from the surname or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. William Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.
- Romeo (Proper name) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
- Romeo and Juliet (Proper name) A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute.
- Romeo and Juliet couple (Noun) By analogy with the two Shakespearean characters, a couple consisting of one member from each of two opposing families, parties, or countries.
- Romeo and Juliet law (Noun) A law that reduces the penalty for voluntary sexual intercourse that would otherwise be statutory rape, typically where the age gap between the participants is no more than a few years.
- Romeoesque (Adjective) Reminiscent of Shakespeare's Romeo, an ardent male lover.
- Shakespeare (Proper name) William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
- Shakespearean (Adjective) Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
- Shakespearean sonnet (Noun) A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
- Shakespeareana (Noun) Items related to William Shakespeare, especially collectibles.
- Shakespeareanism (Noun) The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare.
- Shakespeareanism (Noun) A term coined by Shakespeare, or otherwise derived from his works.
- Shakespeareanism (Noun) Shakespeare's works collectively.
- Shakespeareanize (Verb) To make Shakespearean.
- Shakespeareanly (Adverb) In a Shakespearean manner.
- Shakespeareanness (Noun) The quality, characteristic or state of being Shakespearean.
- Shakespearemania (Noun) Enthusiasm for the works of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
- Shakespearese (Noun) Language characteristic of, or in the style of, William Shakespeare.
- Shakespearianism (Noun) Alternative spelling of Shakespeareanism
- Shakespearism (Noun) Synonym of Shakespeareanism
- Shakespearize (Verb) Synonym of Shakespeareanize
- Shakespearolater (Noun) One who is very enthusiastic about the works of William Shakespeare.
- Shakespearolatry (Noun) Extreme enthusiasm for the works of William Shakespeare.
- Shakespearologist (Noun) One who studies William Shakespeare.
- Shakespearology (Noun) The study of William Shakespeare.
- Shakespere (Proper name) Obsolete spelling of Shakespeare
- Shakey (Proper name) William Shakespeare
- Shakspeareanism (Noun) Archaic form of Shakespeareanism.
- Shakspearianism (Noun) Archaic form of Shakespeareanism.
- Shakspearism (Noun) Archaic form of Shakespearism.
- Shaksperianism (Noun) Archaic form of Shakespeareanism.
- Shaksperism (Noun) Archaic form of Shakespearism.
- Shylock (Proper name) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- Stratfordian (Noun) A person who, in the matter over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, holds that it was William Shakespeare himself.
- Stratfordian (Adjective) Pertaining to the mainstream view that William Shakespeare is the author of the works attributed to him.
- Sweet Swan of Avon (Proper name) William Shakespeare, a playwright and poet.
- Timonian (Adjective) Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
- Titania (Proper name) From Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the fairies.
- Tybalt (Proper name) One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
- Winter of Discontent (Proper name) A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.
- all that glitters is not gold (Proverb) Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so; things that look nice might not be as good as they look.
- all's well that ends well (Proverb) A happy ending makes up for everything that has gone before.
- anti-Stratfordian (Noun) A person who, in the controversy over who wrote the Shakespeare canon, holds that it was probably written by someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon.
- bad quarto (Noun) A quarto-sized publication of a play, especially a Shakespearean play, that is considered spurious by virtue of having been copied down during a performance or later reconstructed from memory.
- bardolatry (Noun) excessive or religious worship of William Shakespeare
- between you and I (Prepositional phrase) Alternative form of between you and me
- cold comfort (Noun) Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.
- et tu, Brute (Phrase) "You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expressing a recognition of betrayal.
- even a worm will turn (Proverb) Even the meekest or most docile people will retaliate or seek revenge if pushed too far.
- first folio (Noun) The 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. The first such collection printed in folio format.
- good night, sweet prince (Interjection) Implies that somebody died.
- shrew (Noun) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
- shuffle off this mortal coil (Verb) To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
- unShakespearean (Adjective) Not Shakespearean; not thematically or stylistically like the works of Shakespeare.
- wild-goose chase (Noun) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
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