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Ashmolean

Ashmolean adjective: of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole. Also the clipping of Ashmolean Museum.

Adjective

Ashmolean (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.

Also used as

Ashmolean is also the clipping of Ashmolean Museum.

Origin of Ashmolean

From Ashmole + -an, named after English antiquary, politician, astrologer and alchemist Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), whose gift of his cabinet of curiosities became the basis of Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.

Questions about Ashmolean

What does Ashmolean mean?
Ashmolean means of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.
What part of speech is Ashmolean?
Ashmolean is an adjective.

Words near Ashmolean in the dictionary

  1. Ashmans
  2. Ashmedai
  3. ashmen
  4. Ashmiany
  5. Ashmole
  6. Ashmolean
  7. Ashmont
  8. Ashmore
  9. Ashmores
  10. AShMs
  11. Ashnime

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