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jacobean

(n): any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
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9 months ago seanahan said:

Apparently, the Latin cognate for James is Jacobaeus, which leeds us to this word.

9 months ago chained_bear said:

I love this word. In contrast to the WordNet definition, though, I usually see it used as an adjective, like Elizabethan, not to describe a person.

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