Elizabethian

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Elizabethian

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From Elizabeth + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’ forming adjectives), referring to Elizabeth I (1533–1603).

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Synonym of Elizabethan (“pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603”). Both in respect of this and of the former excellence, Mr. Wordsworth strikingly resembles Samuel Daniel, one of the golden writers of our golden Elizabethian age, now most causelessly neglected: […]
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@misc{elizabethian_2026,
  title = {Elizabethian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elizabethian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}