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Shakespeareanism
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English
Alternative forms
en Shakespearianism
Etymology
en :af Shakespearean -ism + 1
Noun
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en uncountable paleologism The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare.
en I thee tell, Woman: our Son is become lost to Shakespeareanism and Latin, all but unwilling to be a Typesetter as his Father.
en countable A term coined by Shakespeare, or otherwise derived from his works.
en It is said that the English language has over 1,700 Shakespereanisms.
en uncountable Shakespeare's works collectively.
en A small number of persons has ever perused Shakespeareanism in its entirety.
en Dr. Hallsworth is a scholar of literature, with an expertise on the Shakespeareanism.
en eponyms
en British fiction Fiction William Shakespeare