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Meaning of Ophelian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ə(ʊ)ˈfiːliən/

Definitions

  1. Depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.
  2. Frantic; tragically insane.

Examples

“the Ophelian scene”
“Punning in an Ophelian frenzy on the feminine glans? Raving about the delectations of clitorism?”
“But she was a wee tad affected, and from the little that Gabriel had read or heard from her, she had an Ophelian streak of potential craziness that he had, since day one, deemed wiser to steer clear of, […]”
“Great hailstones keep dashing against my window and dancing about on the garden walks like things demented. The monkey trees are waving their long arms about with Ophelian gestures, and the chestnuts near the gate groan and sway […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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