Elizabethan (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen; "Elizabethan music".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The grand castle with its tall turrets was an architectural testament to the grandiose taste of the Elizabethan era.
- He composed his poetry in a lavish, metaphor-rich style typical of Elizabethan verse.
- The Elizabethan English dictionary on her shelf was an heirloom passed down through generations of scholars.
- During the Elizabethan era, plays like those of Shakespeare and Marlowe were performed in open-air theaters.
- The museum's collection of Elizabethan music featured a rare handwritten manuscript of a lute song by Dowland.