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Ophelian, a.|ɒˈfiːlɪən|
[f. the name of the heroine of Shakespeare's play Hamlet: see -an.]
Resembling or characteristic of Ophelia.
1903‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-Hunters 101 Some time ago I felt so moody and sad that I sought out a pretty pool, with an Ophelian resolution. 1928Observer 18 Mar. 15/3 One can hardly fail to hear this play's Shakesperean echoes... The Gaoler's Daughter is of pure Ophelian stock. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 6 Its transience, its breath, its maybe mephistophelian, maybe palely ophelian face. 1962John o' London's 25 Jan. 91/4 Miss Maclaine would be well advised to drop her Ophelian aspirations. |