- of James I of England
- of the period in England when he was king (1603-25)
Origin of Jacobean
from Modern Latin Jacobaeus from Jacobus, Classical Latin form of the name of James I (see jack) + -an a poet or other person of this period
Jacobean
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Jacobean
adjective
Of or having to do with the reign of James I of England or his times.
noun
A prominent figure during this period.
Origin of Jacobean
From New Latin Iacobaeus from Late Latin Iacōbus, Iacobus James, Jacob ; see Jacob .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more jacobean, superlative most jacobean)
- Alternative spelling of Jacobean.
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Sentence Examples
- It is a fine example of a Jacobean mansion, with a beautiful fountain in the middle of the court-yard.
- The former royal palaces of Westminster and of Whitehall, of which the fine Jacobean banqueting hall remains, are described under Westminster.
- 13 a situated on a height above the Anker near its junction with the Tame, is chiefly of the Jacobean period, but is enclosed by massive ancient walls.
- It consists mainly of one broad street, in which a majority of the houses are Jacobean; those on the north side, which have projecting upper storeys, forming the colonnade commended in the Diary of Samuel Pepys for 1668.
- 2 This "ruff" has been compared to that of Elizabethan or Jacobean costume, but it is essentially different, since that was open in front and widest and most projecting behind, whereas the bird's decorative apparel is most developed in front and at the sides and scarcely exists behind.
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