Elyot

[ el-ee-uht, el-yuht ]

/ ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl yət /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Elyot

elvish, Elwin, Elwood, Elx, Ely, Elyot, Elyria, Elyse, Elysée, Elysian, Elysian Fields

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How to use Elyot in a sentence

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.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
Even in the sixteenth century Sir Thomas Elyot, if we may believe his story, was hampered by the laws of property.
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos
Sir Thomas Elyot early made the connection between translation and the movement for increase in vocabulary.
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos
The earlier translators, Elyot and More, have left small but significant comment on methods.
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos

In these circumstances Elyot, as he asserts in his preface, supplied the other maxims from different sources.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Elyot

Elyot

/ (ˈɛlɪət) /

noun

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

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