Lyly

American  

[lil-ee] / ˈlɪl i /

noun

1. John, 1554?–1606, English writer of romances and plays.

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Lyly British  

/ ˈlɪlɪ /

noun

1. John. ?1554–1606, English dramatist and novelist, noted for his two romances, Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580), written in an elaborate style See also euphuism

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Example Sentences

Her mum, Lyly, got together with a new partner and life at home became a little more chaotic: parties at night, arguments among the family.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

Shakespeare’s relative vocabulary size came out exactly in the middle — with John Webster at the top and Shakespeare ensconced between Robert Greene and John Lyly.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2015

Huxley acknowledges the extreme unlikelihood of Ros ever having read Lyly but is nonetheless struck by the strange resemblance in their approaches to language.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2013

Lyly Mangoto Bukolo presents some of the documents from her asylum case in the U.K.

From Newsweek

The nascent drama of genius can be found in the “University wits,” who flourished Drama. between 1580 and 1595, and the chief of whom are Lyly, Kyd, Peele, Greene and Marlowe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various