Baconian

American

[bey-koh-nee-uhn] / beɪˈkoʊ ni ən /

adjective

of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.

noun

an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.

Baconian British

/ beɪˈkəʊnɪən /

adjective

of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning

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noun

a follower of Bacon's philosophy
one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon

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Origin of Baconian

First recorded in 1805–15; Bacon + -ian

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