Elizabethan
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times.
Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
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noting or pertaining to an English Renaissance style of architecture of the reign of Elizabeth I characterized by fantastic sculptured or molded ornament of German or Flemish origin, symmetrical layouts, and an emphasis on domestic architecture.
noun
adjective
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of, characteristic of, or relating to England or its culture in the age of Elizabeth I or to the United Kingdom or its culture in the age of Elizabeth II
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of, relating to, or designating a style of architecture used in England during the reign of Elizabeth I, characterized by moulded and sculptured ornament based on German and Flemish models
noun
Other Word Forms
- anti-Elizabethan adjective
- half-Elizabethan adjective
- post-Elizabethan adjective
- pro-Elizabethan adjective
- pseudo-Elizabethan adjective
Etymology
Origin of Elizabethan
Example Sentences
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"I made bread using a Tudor recipe, I planted my own Elizabethan medicinal garden and I went on a course to find out how to turn plants into medicines."
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
The instrumental consort—three viols, two violins, harpsichord and lute/theorbo—offered an invigorating collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean hits by such contemporaneous composers as William Brade, William Lawes, John Dowland and Anthony Holborne.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
As Elizabethan folk songs replaced Aldous' voice, Francis took a chrysanthemum and held it to Matthew's nose before scattering its petals across the sheepskin rug.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
The only attention-thieving screens that the Elizabethan Welsh composer could have known would have been decorative barriers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
He would have said the building was Elizabethan.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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