Shakespearesque

English

Etymology

From Shakespeare +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Shakespearesque (comparative more Shakespearesque, superlative most Shakespearesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of William Shakespeare.
    • 2007, Dennis O'Brien, Finding the voice of the church, University of Notre Dame Press, page 45:
      Bloom does not say that Shakespeare invented idiosyncratic Shakespearesque characters, he invented the human for all that Hamlet and the rest are Shakespeare's unique creations.
    • 2012, Kathryn Prince, Pascale Aebischer, editors, Performing Early Modern Drama Today, Cambridge University Press, page 83:
      I am more interested in the writers that were not influenced by Shakespeare of that period, rather than the sort of Shakespearesque plays.
    • 2018, Mark W. Hamilton, A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, page 128:
      It's all very clever, this Shakespearesque touch by which the characters reveal a major flaw in Samson's character: his lack of understanding of social relationships and the superior thickness of blood to a recently contracted marriage.
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