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形容詞

Shylockian (comparative more Shylockian, superlative most Shylockian)

1. Of, relating to, or in the manner of the character Shylock from Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, such as being hard-hearted, exploitative, avaricious, deceitful, or vengeful.
   • 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 8:

     ‘A wilderness of dragons.’ There is a sting in this Shylockian plural, the sharper for coming from a critic, who deserves the title of the poet's best friend.