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Shylock
[ shahy-lok ]
noun
- a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- a hard-hearted moneylender.
verb (used without object)
- (lowercase) to lend money at extortionate rates of interest.
Shylock
/ ˈʃɪˌɒ /
noun
- a heartless or demanding creditor
Shylock
- The merciless moneylender in The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare . He demands a pound of flesh (see also pound of flesh ) from the title character of the play after the merchant defaults on his debt.
Notes
Other Word Forms
- ·dzi· adjective
- ldz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Shylock1
Example Sentences
He played Shylock in a 2005 production of “The Merchant of Venice” and Gremio in “The Taming of the Shrew,” among many other roles.
a powerful time, then, to encounter Shakespeare’s Shylock in Patrick Page’s solo-show investigation of evil, “All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain.”
Bell said the cartoon was spiked after a phone call from the paper suggested it may reference Shakespeare's Shylock's "pound of flesh" line.
British actor Tracy-Ann Oberman, who is Jewish and currently playing Jewish character Shylock in a production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, wrote about representation in a post on Instagram this week.
The stereotype of the large Jewish nose in particular has persisted in through centuries, from Shakespeare’s Shylock to Nazi propaganda.
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