Jacobethanadj.

/dʒakəˈbiːθən/

Etymology: Blend of Jacobean adj. and Elizabethan adj.

Of design: that displays a combination of the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles. Also transferred and elliptical as n.

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Queen Elizabeth1673

Tudor1815

Elizabethan1821

Jacobean1844

Tudoresque1847

Jacobethan1933

Tudorish1965

1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste iv. 53 The style in which Gothic predominates may be called, inaccurately enough, Elizabethan, and the style in which the classical predominates over the Gothic, equally inaccurately, may be called Jacobean. To save the time of those who do not wish to distinguish between these periods of architectural uncertainty, I will henceforward use the term ‘Jacobethan’.

1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste iv. 54 To me the appeal of Jacobethan is indeed remote... Jacobethan architecture may be ugly, but it is never dull.

1945 Archit. Rev. Nov. 124/3 Westcombe Park Road..shows an early tendency towards those ornamental features which long afterwards gave the names of ‘sham Tudor’ and ‘Jacobethan’ to a rather pathetic phase in domestic design.

1966 Listener 22 Dec. 928/1 The hacienda-Jacobethan garage with which the inhabitants of Sompting are so rightfully delighted.

1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 13 Archaisms, hand-picked quotations, artful Jacobethan echoes.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 June 602/4 The specimen quoted is a pseudo-archaic piece of ‘Jacobethan’ prose, modelled on the style of the King James Bible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	jacobethan
释义	Jacobethanadj. /dʒakəˈbiːθən/ Etymology: Blend of Jacobean adj. and Elizabethan adj. Of design: that displays a combination of the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles. Also transferred and elliptical as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Tudor and Jacobean Queen Elizabeth1673 Tudor1815 Elizabethan1821 Jacobean1844 Tudoresque1847 Jacobethan1933 Tudorish1965 1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste iv. 53 The style in which Gothic predominates may be called, inaccurately enough, Elizabethan, and the style in which the classical predominates over the Gothic, equally inaccurately, may be called Jacobean. To save the time of those who do not wish to distinguish between these periods of architectural uncertainty, I will henceforward use the term ‘Jacobethan’. 1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste iv. 54 To me the appeal of Jacobethan is indeed remote... Jacobethan architecture may be ugly, but it is never dull. 1945 Archit. Rev. Nov. 124/3 Westcombe Park Road..shows an early tendency towards those ornamental features which long afterwards gave the names of ‘sham Tudor’ and ‘Jacobethan’ to a rather pathetic phase in domestic design. 1966 Listener 22 Dec. 928/1 The hacienda-Jacobethan garage with which the inhabitants of Sompting are so rightfully delighted. 1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 13 Archaisms, hand-picked quotations, artful Jacobethan echoes. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 June 602/4 The specimen quoted is a pseudo-archaic piece of ‘Jacobethan’ prose, modelled on the style of the King James Bible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1933
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