shakespearean
シェイクスピアの
解説 Definition
Shakespearean は Shakespeare（シェイクスピア）に関する、またはその作品らしいという意味の形容詞です。劇、文体、人物描写などがシェイクスピアに結び付く場合に使われます。
Relating to William Shakespeare, his plays and poems, their language, characters, themes, or their performance. It can also describe something strongly resembling qualities conventionally associated with his works, such as dramatic conflict, elaborate language, or tragic complexity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Shakespeare に「～に関する・～風の」を作る接尾辞 -an／-ean が付いた形容詞で、通常は Shakespearean と大文字で書きます。Shakespearean tragedy、language、performance のように、作品・文体・演技を修飾する組み合わせで覚えます。単に古風というだけでなく、シェイクスピアとの具体的な関係を示します。
Start with the name Shakespeare and notice the adjectival ending -an or -ean, which creates the meaning “related to Shakespeare” or “in his style.” The word is normally capitalized as Shakespearean because it comes from a person’s name. Learn it through common combinations: Shakespearean tragedy, Shakespearean language, Shakespearean characters, and Shakespearean performance. It does not merely mean old-fashioned or theatrical; it points specifically to Shakespeare, his works, their study, their staging, or recognizable features associated with them.
例文
The class read a Shakespearean tragedy in translation.
そのクラスはシェイクスピアの悲劇を翻訳で読みました。
Her essay focused on Shakespearean language and imagery.
彼女のエッセイは、シェイクスピアの言語表現とイメージに焦点を当てていました。
The actor trained for years in Shakespearean performance.
その俳優は、シェイクスピア劇の演技を何年も学びました。
shakespearean の類義語・関連語
派生語
shakespearean の語源・成り立ち Etymology
シェイクスピアの姓に、ラテン語由来の接尾辞「-ean（～に属する・～風）」を組み合わせた語。人名にこの接尾辞を付けると「その人物の特徴を持つ」という意味が自然に派生する。同様の構造の関連語にDickensian（ディケンズの）、Victorian（ヴィクトリア朝の）がある。
Shakespearean is derived from the surname Shakespeare with an adjectival suffix represented in the established spelling -ean. Such suffixes form adjectives meaning “relating to” a person, place, school, or period. The word therefore means connected with William Shakespeare or characteristic of his works. English has formed comparable literary and historical adjectives such as Dickensian and Victorian, although each established word has its own conventional spelling and range of associations.
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