Shylockian

English Etymology From en Shylock -ian. Adjective Of, relating to, or in the manner of the character Shylock from William Shakespeare Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, such as being hard-hearted, exploitative, avaricious, deceitful, or vengeful. en 1936 J. R. R. Tolkien Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Norwood Editions 1976 Norwood, Pa. 8 ‘A wilderness of dragons.’ There is a sting in this Shylockian plural, the sharper for coming from a critic, who deserves the title of the poet's best friend.