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Marlowian

Marlowian is the alternative form of Marlovian.

Meaning of Marlovian

Adjective

Marlovian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).
    • Also it is worth attending to the Marlovian questions because they are too easily drowned out by another characteristic rhetorical device, the hyperboles so well analyzed by Harry Levin.1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1
  2. Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.

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Questions about Marlowian

What is Marlowian the alternative form of?
Marlowian is the alternative form of Marlovian.

Words near Marlowian in the dictionary

  1. Marlovians
  2. Marlow
  3. Marlowe
  4. Marlowean
  5. Marlowesque
  6. Marlowian
  7. Marlowish
  8. Marlowism
  9. Marlowisms
  10. Marlows
  11. marlpit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Marlowian (page history and authors); Marlovian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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