Bodleian

[bod-lee-uh n, bod-lee-]

noun

the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545–1613, English diplomat and scholar.

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to this library.

Origin of Bodleian

after Sir Thomas Bodley; see -an

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Historical Examples of bodleian

Baxter's Procrustes is one of the publications of the Bodleian Club.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue
Various
Mr. Blades mentions a white book-worm, slain by the librarian of the Bodleian.
The Library
Andrew Lang
Poets, in the Bodleian, says that the second edition was in 8vo.
Microcosmography
John Earle
One of these, from the Bodleian Library, is here figured (fig. 79).
The Care of Books
John Willis Clark
This library—now the central portion of the Bodleian—had been completed about 1480.
The Care of Books
John Willis Clark

British Dictionary definitions for bodleian

Bodleian

noun

the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library

Word Origin for Bodleian

C17: named after Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), English scholar who founded it in 1602

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Word Origin and History for bodleian

Bodleian

from Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613), who in 1597 refounded the library at Oxford University.