Jacobethan
English
Etymology
Blend of Jacobean + Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.
Adjective
Jacobethan (comparative more Jacobethan, superlative most Jacobethan)
- Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
- 2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, page 56:
- 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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Related terms
- Tudorbethan
References
- “Jacobethan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.