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

Of Sir Philip Sidney’s “Arcadia” and John Lyly’s “Euphues”: “The latter is a very dull book; the former I believe to be the dullest novel in the language.”

From Washington Post

The Court of Appeal heard she suffered repeated physical and emotional abuse, which was never evaluated during the original trial, Lyly Maughan said.

From BBC

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

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

Lyly Mangoto Bukolo, a woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sifted through an envelope of documents in her purse and held out a letter from a community health center.

From Newsweek