Hamletic

English

Alternative forms

• amletic

Etymology

From the name of Hamlet, William Shakespeare character, +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæmˈlɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

Hamletic (comparative more Hamletic, superlative most Hamletic)

1. Undecided; hesitating; uncertain; vacillating.
   • 1999, Gian Balsamo, Pruning the Genealogical Tree: Procreation and Lineage, in Literature, Law […] ‎:

     The conventional Hamletic interpretation of Stephen's thought establishes Haines as the British master, Buck as his gay attendant, and Stephen as the jester, the docile subject to the whims of both.

   • 2008 (published), Robert B. Heilman, The Ghost on the Ramparts and Other Essays in the Humanities

     Invariably anything Hamletic intimates a large world and major problems, and who could question the rightness of this suggestion for the humanities, in academe or outside?

Related terms

• Hamlet
• Hamletian
• Hamletism

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