Meaning of Shakespearean | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.
2. Shakespearean English.
3. A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.

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Examples

“Another lawyer and well-known Shakespearian, Richard Grant White, says: "No dramatist of the time, not even [Francis] Beaumont, who was the younger son of a judge⟳ of the Common Pleas, and who after studying in the Inns of Court abandoned law for the drama, used legal phrases with Shakespeare's readiness and exactness.[…]"”

“I have⟳ had no one to talk⟳ to for ages. There’s Ma, who only talks in Shakespearean. And it took me ages to learn⟳ that and I still don’t understand⟳ the whole thing.”

“Honorable Corps Commander, I am one of your seven personal robots at your residence, and I assure you I am the best. […] I can speak⟳ Shakespearean, Hoch Deutch, Urdu, and three other dead languages.”

“No more playing with me like⟳ I’m your ball of yarn, Angel of Dipshit. I’m going to fry you so good you’ll start⟳ talking in Shakespearean.”

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