Shakespeare

English thumb|William Shakespeare Alternative forms en Shakespere Shakspeare Shakspere obsolete Etymology A common en enm - surname meaning spearman, corresponding to en shake to brandish a weapon + en spear. Pronunciation en /ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/ GA en /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/ RP en /ˈʃɛjkspɪː/ /ˈʃɛjkspɪə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shakespeare.wav Southern England en Shake speare Proper noun William + + <dab!> ~ + en surname en. en w:Katharine Lee Bates; Lilla Weed Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography and Biographical Notes Wellesley, Mass. w:Wellesley College 1913 33 https://archive.org/details/shakespeareselec00baterich/page/33/mode/1up The name Shakespeare occurs from the 13th century on in the records of various English counties. The first Shakespeare as yet discovered in Warwickshire is one Thomas, a felon, who fled from the law in 1359. Toward the end of the fourteenth century there were landed Shakespeares at Baddesley, and this family held its own into the sixteenth. en William Shakespeare William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. en the Bard Shakey en William Shakespeare_s works or their adaptations en metonymically William Shakespeare's works or media adaptations of his works. en He is reading Shakespeare. en I'm surprised that even the allusion to Hamlet flew over his head. Even someone who barely knows Shakespeare might catch that one! A place name: en village in Perth East township, Ontario, Canada en village twp:suf/Perth East p/Ontario c/Canada, named after the playwright. en ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA en ghost town co/Hidalgo County s/New Mexico c/USA. Usage notes William Shakespeare's manuscripts use a great many different spellings of his surname, of which there are a great number to list here. At the time, name spellings were much more variable than today, see Spelling of Shakespeare's name for a list. Derived terms en Shakespearesque Shakespearian Shakespeariana Bacon-Shakespearean Shakespearean Shakespeareana Shakespeareanism Shakespeareanize Shakespeareanly Shakespeareanness Shakespearean sonnet Shakespearemania Shakespearese Shakespearism Shakespearize Shakespearolater Shakespearolatry Shakespearologist Shakespearology Shakey unShakespearean Descendants vi Sếch-xpia 1 Translations English playwright Arabic: ar شَكْسْبِير m Armenian: hy Շեքսպիր Azerbaijani: az Şekspir Bashkir: ba Шекспир Belarusian: be Шэкспі́р m, be Шэксьпі́р m taraškievica Bengali: bn শেক্সপীয়ার Bulgarian: bg Ше́кспир m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 莎士比亞, cmn 莎翁 Danish: da Shakespeare Esperanto: eo Ŝekspiro Finnish: fi Shakespeare French: fr Shakespeare m Georgian: ka შექსპირი Greek: el Σαίξπηρ m, el Σαιξπήρος m Hebrew: he שייקספיר m sheykspir Hindi: hi शेक्सपीयर Japanese: ja シェイクスピア Sheikusupia Korean: ko ^셰익스피어 Latin: la Shakespeārius m Latvian: lv Šekspīrs m Macedonian: mk Ше́кспир m Marathi: mr शेक्स्पीयर Nepali: ne शेक्सपियर Polish: pl Szekspir m Portuguese: pt Shakespeare m Russian: ru Шекспи́р m Spanish: es Shakespeare Thai: th เชกสเปียร์ châyk-sà-bpia Turkish: tr Shakespeare, tr Şekspir Ukrainian: uk Шекспі́р m Vietnamese: vi Sếch-xpia Yiddish: yi שייקספּיר m Noun ~ en uncountable Any form or style of language that is eloquent, especially in English; poetry. en Russell Maker Highbrows Ruin Baseball's Language Toledo Blade Oct 10, 1979 This may not be poetry, but in competition with "Ryan has good velocity and excellent location" it is pure Shakespeare. en countable A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare. en 1997 Vivien Allen Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer Caine, he said, might be a budding Shakespeare but in Shakespeare's time all it took to put on a play was a barn, a crude stage, Verb en intransitive To act or perform in a play of the works of Shakespeare. See also :Category:English terms first attested in Shakespeare en eponyms en British fiction Fiction Individuals William Shakespeare Portuguese Pronunciation Shêiksper Proper noun m en Shakespeare William Shakespeare, English playwright Derived terms pt shakespeariano pt Individuals Drama