Elyot

[ el-ee-uht, el-yuht ]

noun

1. Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.

Elyot

/ ˈɛlɪət /

noun

1. ElyotSir Thomas?14901546MEnglishMISC: scholarPOLITICS: diplomat Sir Thomas. ?1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat; author of The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise in English on education

Example Sentences

If Sir T. Elyot was correct in speaking of temperance as a new word, the virtue was old enough, even though the practice was rare.

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Even in the sixteenth century Sir Thomas Elyot, if we may believe his story, was hampered by the laws of property.

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Sir Thomas Elyot early made the connection between translation and the movement for increase in vocabulary.

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The earlier translators, Elyot and More, have left small but significant comment on methods.

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In these circumstances Elyot, as he asserts in his preface, supplied the other maxims from different sources.

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