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Jacobethan

Jacobethan adjective: of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.

jacobethan: of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean
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Adjective

Jacobethan (comparative more Jacobethan, superlative most Jacobethan)

  1. (often) Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
    • In the latter case [Helsby], in 1849, a rock-faced red sandstone waiting space in the Jacobethan style was erected on an island platform for the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction Railway.2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, page 56

Forms of Jacobethan

comparativemore Jacobethan
superlativemost Jacobethan

Origin of Jacobethan

Blend of Jacobean + Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.

Questions about Jacobethan

What does Jacobethan mean?
Jacobethan means of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
What part of speech is Jacobethan?
Jacobethan is an adjective.

Words near Jacobethan in the dictionary

  1. Jacobean
  2. Jacobean lilies
  3. Jacobean lily
  4. Jacobeans
  5. Jacobes
  6. Jacobethan
  7. Jacobi
  8. Jacobi ellipsoid
  9. Jacobi ellipsoids
  10. Jacobi identities
  11. Jacobi identity

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