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Jacobethan

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from אלישבע
  2. derived from Ἐλισάβετ
  3. inherited from Elizabeth
  4. suffixed as elizabethan — “Elizabeth + an”
  5. compounded as jacobethan — “Jacobean + Elizabethan”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA