Jacobethan

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean. often

    "In the latter case [Helsby], in 1849, a rock-faced red sandstone waiting space in the Jacobethan style was erected on an island platform for the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction Railway."

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"In the latter case [Helsby], in 1849, a rock-faced red sandstone waiting space in the Jacobethan style was erected on an island platform for the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction Railway."

Etymology

Blend of Jacobean + Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.

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