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Hamletic
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English
Alternative forms
amletic
Etymology
From the name of Hamlet, William Shakespeare character, en ic.
Pronunciation
en /hæmˈlɛtɪk/
en ɛtɪk 3
Adjective
Undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
en 1999 Gian Balsamo https://books.google.com/books?id=0919zDTgA1QC&pg=PA80&dq=%22hamletic%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgUahUKEwi_pq6dn7PHAhWHOogKHZvXDZc#v=onepage&q=%22hamletic%22&f=false Pruning the Genealogical Tree: Procreation and Lineage, in Literature, Law The conventional Hamletic interpretation of Stephen's thought establishes Haines as the British master, Buck as his gay attendant, and Stephen as the jester, the docile subject to the whims of both.
2008 (published), Robert B. Heilman, The Ghost on the Ramparts and Other Essays in the Humanities
Invariably anything Hamletic intimates a large world and major problems, and who could question the rightness of this suggestion for the humanities, in academe or outside?
Related terms
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en Hamletian
en Hamletism
Anagrams
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