Meanings
adjectiveJacobethan (comparative more Jacobethan, superlative most Jacobethan)
comparative more Jacobethan · superlative most Jacobethan
- oftenOf a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
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.
2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, page 56
Origin
Blend of Jacobean + Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.
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Jacobethan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jacobethan
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