Jacobean

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacobean \Ja*co"be*an\ (?; 277), Jacobian \Ja*co"bi*an\, a.
     [From L. Jacobus James. See 2d {Jack}.]
     Of or pertaining to James the First, of England, or of his
     reign or times; especially, pertaining to a style of
     architecture and decoration popular in the time of James I.;
     as, Jacobean writers. "A Jacobean table." --C. L. Eastlake.


     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacobean \Jacobean\ n.
     any distinguished personage during the reign of James I of
     England.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacobaean lily \Jac`o*b[ae]"an lil"y\ [See {Jacobean}.] (Bot.)
     A bulbous plant ({Amaryllis formosissima} syn. {Sprekelia
     formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep,
     red, lilylike flower. [Written also {Jacobean}.] Jacobean

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jacobean
       adj : of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean
             writers"
       n : any distinguished personage during the reign of James I