This week's theme
Words coined after Shakespearean characters

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dogberry
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romeo
prospero


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Words to describe people

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PRONUNCIATION:

(PROS-puh-roh)

MEANING:

noun: Someone who is capable of influencing others' behavior or perceptions without their being aware of it.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and a magician, in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Earliest documented use: 1785.

USAGE:

"Melliora is the Prospero who engineers a return to social order entirely in accord with her desires."
David Oakleaf (ed.), Eliza Haywood; Love in Excess; Broadview Press; 2000.

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