Definitions for Elizabethan

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Elizabethan E·liz·a·be·than

Spelling: [ih-liz-uh-bee-thuh n, -beth- Elizabethan is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 584 anagrams from letters in Elizabethan (aabeehilntz).

Definitions for Elizabethan

noun

1. an English person who lived during the Elizabethan period, especially a poet or dramatist.

adjective

1. of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times:
2. 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. Compare Jacobean (def 2).

Origin of Elizabethan

First recorded in 1810-20; Elizabeth + -an

Examples for Elizabethan

Is this by chance a situation in Elizabethan or other drama?

Though Shakespeare is for all time, he is part and parcel of the Elizabethan drama.

Open doors were kept at the parsonage, as was generally the case in Elizabethan days.

How it could have passed muster on the bare Elizabethan boards is a puzzle.

These Manchester men had little of the Crusader or Elizabethan but his valour.

When the Queen of England began her reign in 1953, her countrymen declared a new Elizabethan Age.

In the 1601 Mark Twain outdid himself in the Elizabethan field.

The Elizabethan grace was not limited to half-a-dozen words.

The principal features of an Elizabethan house are the gallery and noble staircase.

The new sequel, Shadow of Night, actually takes Diana back in time to Elizabethan England.