Associations to the word «Jacobean»

Wiktionary

JACOBEAN, adjective. Relating to a Jacob or James.
JACOBEAN, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England).
JACOBEAN, noun. A partisan of James I and of the House of Stuart.
JACOBEAN, adjective. Alternative spelling of Jacobean
JACOBEAN LILIES, noun. Plural of Jacobean lily
JACOBEAN LILY, noun. (botany) A bulbous Mexican plant that bears a single large red flower resembling a lily, Sprekelia formosissima.

Dictionary definition

JACOBEAN, noun. Any distinguished personage during the reign of James I.
JACOBEAN, adjective. Of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean writers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats