Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elizabethiana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eliz-a-bethi-ana
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Elizabethan items.

Example Sentences

"The report also disclosed an endowment of the Yale [University] Elizabethan Club with a fund of $100,000 by Alexander [Smith] Cochran, Yale, 1896. This is in addition to gifts by Mr. Cochran of a house and its furnishings, and the valuable collection of Elizabethiana bought by him in England, and estimated as worth about $200,000."
"Yet with all this bias for Elizabeth [I] Mr. [Milton] Waldman’s biography (a succinct and eminently readable book) is an important and interesting addition to Elizabethiana."
"The play concerns Queen Elizabeth I of England. Dramatically it is her year. […] In all this activity I would venture that Miss [Gertrude] Gayle’s play is the least considerable piece of dramatic Elizabethiana you are likely to be given this season."

Etymology

From Elizabeth + -iana.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Elizabeth

Inflected Forms

Elizabethana (alternative, rare)

Questions

What does elizabethiana mean?: Elizabethan items.
Where does elizabethiana come from?: From Elizabeth + -iana.

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