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shylock

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1shy·lock

noun \ˈshī-ˌläk\

Definition of SHYLOCK

1
capitalized : the Jewish usurer and antagonist of Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

First Known Use of SHYLOCK

circa 1597

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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