"Macbethan" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Macbeth + -an.",
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          "text": "Patrick O’Brien mixed water and gin to plague the wife of his bosom, as Macbethan witches mixed monstrous medleys to mar the fortune of Douglas; for though Pat in his cups is a comical chap, more given to fighting than fondling.",
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          "text": "By the way, writing of murders, is there not a great deal of fiction in the popular supposition that he who spills man’s blood becomes a victim to the gnawings of conscience, the pangs of remorse and various other unpleasant Macbethan sensations?",
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          "text": "The frequency of occurrences of this class justifies the Macbethan inquiry, “Will the line stretch out till the crack o’doom?”",
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