"Shylockian" meaning in English

See Shylockian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

  1. From Shylock + -ian.
    Sense id: en-Shylockian-en-adj-OF1li-r6 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms suffixed with -ian, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 74 26 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 61 39

Adjective

Forms: more Shylockian [comparative], most Shylockian [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Shylockian (comparative more Shylockian, superlative most Shylockian)
  1. Of, relating to, or in the manner of the character Shylock from Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, such as being hard-hearted, exploitative, avaricious, deceitful, or vengeful.
    Sense id: en-Shylockian-en-adj-PAo702M3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65
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