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
Example sentences :
  • 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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