University Wits

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a name given to an Elizabethan group of university-trained playwrights and pamphleteers, among them Robert Greene, John Lyly, Thomas Nash, and George Peele.

Example Sentences

It may be accident or it may not, but the beginning of this period is certainly due to the "university wits."

From Project Gutenberg

The nascent drama of genius can be found in the “University wits,” who flourished Drama.

From Project Gutenberg