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In natural English speech, "shakespearean" appears in contexts such as: "So over the next couple of decades here in the 20th and 21st century, it's not just GE and industrial diamond-making, new companies and new technologies Shakespearean forgeries, which are fantastic, wildlife documentaries, replicas of archaeological sites, and Banksy and Warhol, to name a few.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/

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So over the next couple of decades here in the 20th and 21st century, it's not just GE and industrial diamond-making, new companies and new technologies

Shakespearean forgeries, which are fantastic, wildlife documentaries, replicas of archaeological sites, and Banksy and Warhol, to name a few.

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adjective

Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

“[…]there were those who had them set far over back—wide-awake men, who wanted a clear prospect; while careless men, who did not know, or care, how their hats sat, had them shaking about in all directions. The various hats, in fact, were quite a Shakespearean study.”

adjective

Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.

noun

A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.

“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.[…]"”

noun

A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.

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