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Macbethian
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English
Alternative forms
en Macbethan
Etymology
From en Macbeth ian.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (circa 1603–1607) about a regicide and the supernatural.
en 1998 Syndy M. Conger Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 26 This is a Macbethian Gothic, a subtype of the shilling shocker designed to thrill the reader with gory supernatural spectacle.
en 2001 Peter Cozzens Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: The army and the Indian The fitful gleam of the glowing flame gave a Macbethian tinge to the weird scene and brought into bold relief the grim outlines of the cliffs
Related terms
en Lady Macbethian
en eponyms
en William Shakespeare