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Jacobean

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdʒækəˈbiːən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jak′ə bē′ən)

Jac•o•be•an ( jak′ə bē′ən),USA pronunciation adj.

World Historyof or pertaining to James I of England or to his period.
Architecture, Fine Art, Furniturenoting or pertaining to the style of architecture and furnishings prevailing in England in the first half of the 17th century, continuing the Elizabethan style with a gradual introduction of Italian models in architecture and increased elaboration of forms and motifs in furnishings.
Literatureof or pertaining to the style of literature and drama produced during the early 17th century.

Literature, World Historya writer, statesman, or other personage of the Jacobean period.

Neo-Latin Jacobae(us) of Jacobus (Latinized form of James) + -an
1750–60

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Jacobean /ˌdʒækəˈbɪən/ adj

characteristic of or relating to James I of England or to the period of his rule (1603–25)
of or relating to the style of furniture current at this time, characterized by the use of dark brown carved oak
denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used in England during this period, characterized by a combination of late Gothic and Palladian motifs

Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin jacōbaeus, from Jacōbus James

'Jacobean' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Fletcher - acorn chair - an - Aztec lily - cricket table - cup and cover - Elizabethan - Jacobean lily - long gallery - melon-bulb - pro-Jacobean - quasi-Jacobean

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Jacobean (English usage)
Jacobean ancestor
Jacobean moralizing
until some two centuries after the demise of its Jacobean namesake
William Shakespeare, an Elizabethan or a Jacobean dramatist

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