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Carolean

[kar-uh-lee-uhn]

adjective

  1. characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England.

    a Carolean costume.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Carolean1

1645–55; < Medieval Latin Carolae ( us ) ( Carol ( us ) Charles + Latin -aeus adj. suffix) + -an
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Carolean: Of or relating to Charles III of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or his reign.

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It may also hint at what a modern Carolean monarchy could look like.

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The prime minister heralded the dawn of a new Carolean age, a phrase previously used to refer to the reign of Charles II from 1660 to 1685.

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We know, all of us, the Vandyck beard, the Carolean moustache brushed away from the lips; we know Lord Pembroke’s tousled—carefully tousled—hair; Kiligrew’s elegant locks.

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A Carolean pulpit stood against a pillar, with reading-desk and clerk's box underneath.

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