Marlovian

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adjective

Of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).

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Meanings

adjectiveMarlovian (not comparable)

alternative Marlowean · alternative Marlowian

  1. not comparableOf or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).

    Also it is worth attending to the Marlovian questions because they are too easily drowned out by another characteristic rhetorical device, the hyperboles so well analyzed by Harry Levin.

    1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1
  2. not comparablePertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.
nounMarlovian (plural Marlovians)

plural Marlovians

  1. Someone who believes that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Origin

From Marlow + -v- + -ian.

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APA

Marlovian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marlovian

MLA

“Marlovian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marlovian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marlovian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marlovian.

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