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Jacobethan

[ jak-uh-bee-thuhn ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacobethan1

First recorded in 1930–35; Jaco(bean) + (Eliza)bethan

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