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Shakespeare glossary, lexicon and quotation app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 2368 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: Trung Nguyen
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 27 Jul 2017
App size: 16.29 Mb

Shakespeare Glossary, Lexicon and Quotation has investigated the meaning of every word that Shakespeare wrote.

The app clarifies those words in Shakespeare whose senses or connotations may be unfamiliar to the modern reader, paying special attention to dialect forms, idioms, and colloquial phrases. It brings out the richness and subtley found in Elizabethan English.

The resource for our app:
- Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary by Alexander Schmidt
- A General Glossary to Shakespeares Works by Alexander Dyce
- A Shakespeare Glossary by C. T. Onions

3 famous reference books in a single app


It is an essential source for students, scholars, playgoers and readers of Shakespeare, and those interested in the history of the English language.

● main features:
- bookmark and entry
- search for an entry
- external reference

● write note
- You can write note for each entry

● create a list
- You can create a list and add an entry into that list

● advanced search
- Search an entry by using its meaning


● If you want to give feedback or suggest a new feature, please use the feedback feature in the settings