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Synonyms for hamlet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ham-lit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm lɪt |
Définition of hamlet
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel "village," itself a diminutive of ham "village," from Frankish *haim (see home). Especially a village without a church.
- noun small village
- Like Hamlet with the king at the play, "If he but blench, I know my course!"
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- All this is pure Hamlet; one might better say, pure Shakespeare.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- All these are manifestly characteristics of Hamlet, and Posthumus possesses no others.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It is all Hamlet over again, Hamlet wrought up to a higher pitch of intensity.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Evidently the time for classifying the creator of Hamlet is at hand.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- If he were more of a "candle-holder" and onlooker, he would more resemble Hamlet.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- In passing I may remark that Hamlet, too, complains of "bad dreams."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Then comes the "something desperate" in him that Hamlet boasted of—and the end.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Jaques is only sketched in with light strokes, but all his traits are peculiarly Hamlet's traits.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Is it not like Hamlet to be able to condemn himself in this way beforehand?
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
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