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Shaksperian .
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- noun a Shakespearean scholar
- adjective of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works
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Examples
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Like the above commentor said, Thor kind of has a shakespearian feel to it and it certainly is where he has experience, which is probably what Marvel want, someone who will stay closer to the feel of the comics.
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Thor does have that shakespearian thing going on, the father issues, the adversarial relationship with his brother Loki etc…plus in the comics he does speak in a "ye' thou verily…" fancy way and with the wrong director and dialogue in can be real hooky real fast.
J. Michael Straczynski Happy With Kenneth Branagh for Thor « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I think that the title 7pounds is a cross between: 7 days to create the world (as said in the trailer) and the shakespearian pound of flesh to repay a dept. (see details below) I think that he is so overwhelmed by his secret and depression … that his only redemption for his sins is to payback with the equivilant of 7 pounds of flesh.
Must Watch: New Trailer for Will Smith's Seven Pounds « FirstShowing.net 2008
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A major characteristics of a shakespearian tragedy at premiere 100 will ease 1, 5 tech upon death, at restaurant 150 2 levels, at creation 180 self 2, 3 levels, at employer 200 2, 5 games etc.
Wii-volution 2010
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The film is a purely agonizing experience with flat performances that make actors in an elementary school play look like shakespearian thespians by comparison.
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"One voice was very shakespearian in a Dr Who type of way" Said a shocked viewer.
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The film is a purely agonizing experience with flat performances that make actors in an elementary school play look like shakespearian thespians by comparison.
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I wrote a shakespearian monologue for school ... critisisms?
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The funny aspect this time, it that his shakespearian twist is fully out of the closet.
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The funny aspect this time, it that his shakespearian twist is fully out of the closet.
travismcdermott commented on the word shakespearian
1718 C. GILDON Compl. Art Poetry I. 305 Shakespeariana: or Select Moral Reflections, Topicks, Similies, and Descriptions from Shakespear.
April 23, 2008
travismcdermott commented on the word shakespearian
1718 C. GILDON Compl. Art Poetry I. 305 Shakespeariana: or Select Moral Reflections, Topicks, Similies, and Descriptions from Shakespear.
April 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shakespearian
That's interesting. I always thought this was spelled shakespearean, at least when it's an adjective, but I wonder how right WeirdNet can be about this...
April 23, 2008
mollusque commented on the word shakespearian
Both spellings are accepted. OED2 lists Shakespearian first; MW3 lists Shakespearean first. Google shows the latter has more than 80% of current usage.
English doesn't seem to have a set pattern in such cases. Sometimes the final e is dropped (Jove, Jovian) sometimes it is kept (Boole, Boolean) and sometimes usage is mixed (Zairian, Zairean).
April 24, 2008
sionnach commented on the word shakespearian
'Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?' But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag--
It's so elegant
So intelligent.
T.S. Eliot - "The Waste Land", lines 126-130 ("A Game of Chess")
That Shakespearian Rag was first published by Joseph W. Stern & Company in 1912. The words were by Gene Buck and Herman Ruby, and the music by David Stamper. The chorus is:
That Shakesperian rag--
Most intelligent, very elegant,
That old classical drag
Has the proper stuff
The line, "Lay on MacDuff"
Desdemona was the pampered pet
Romeo loves his Juliet
And they were some lovers
You can bet, and yet
I know if they were here today
They'd Grizzly Bear in a different way
And you'd hear old Hamlet say
"To be or not to be"
That Shakesperian rag...
Note Eliot's changes: There are no repeating Os, the "That" in the song title is lowercase and "Shakespearian" has been turned into "Shakespeherian."
The Grizzly Bear was a scandalous dance where the partners danced in a position reminding one of a bear hug. For more information (and lyrics, midis and pictures) on the Grizzly Bear visit:
grizzly
A history of the Grizzly Bear and pictures at Sonny Watson Dance History Pages
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards' description, lyrics and midi for Irving Berlin's song for the this dance.
April 26, 2008