LYLY

Meaning of LYLY in English

Pronunciation: ' li-l ē

Function: biographical name

John 1554?-1606 Eng. author

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LYLY — biographical name John 1554?-1606 English author
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYLY — /lil"ee/ , n. John , 1554?-1606, English writer of romances and plays.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYLY — biographical name John 1554?-1606 English author
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYLY — Lyly BrE AmE ˈlɪl i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London English writer. Educated at Oxford, Lyly gained fame in London with two …
Английский словарь Британика
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London author considered to be the first English prose stylist to leave an …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYLY, JOHN — born 1554?, Kent, Eng. died November 1606, London English writer. Educated at Oxford, Lyly gained fame in London with two …
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EUPHUISM — noun Etymology: Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly Date: 1592 an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF — orig. Edward de Vere born April 12, 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, Eng. died June 24, 1604, Newington, Middlesex English lyric …
Английский словарь Британика
JOHN
Английский словарь Британика
SMOKE
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KEN — I. ˈken verb ( kenned also kend -nd ; or kent -nt ; kenned also kend or kent ; kenning …
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MEACOCK — ˈmēˌkäk noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown archaic : a cowardly or effeminate man I shall be compted a …
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EUPHUISM — ˈyüfyəˌwizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Euphu es, character in the prose romances Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit (1579) and …
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BECAUSE — bə̇|kȯz, bē-, -(|)kəz, chiefly in substand speech -ȯs conjunction Etymology: Middle English, from be, bi by + cause 1. : …
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UNIVERSITY WITS — a name given to an Elizabethan group of university-trained playwrights and pamphleteers, among them Robert Greene, John Lyly, Thomas Nash, …
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EUPHUISM — — euphuist , n. — euphuistic, euphuistical , adj. — euphuistically , adv. /yooh"fyooh iz'euhm/ , n. 1. an affected …
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EUPHUES — /yooh"fyooh eez'/ , n. the main character in John Lyly's works Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit (1579), and Euphues and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — noun Etymology: Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly Date: 1592 1. : an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EUPHUISM — [ 'ju:fjʊɪz(ə)m ] ■ noun formal an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking. Derivatives euphuist noun euphuistic adjective …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EUPHUISM — [eu.phu.ism] n [Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly] (1592) 1: an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive …
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PASTORAL LITERATURE
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EUPHUISM — an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive use of balance, antithesis, and alliteration and by frequent use of similes …
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ANATOMY — a field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Gross …
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UNIVERSITY WIT — any of a notable group of pioneer English dramatists writing during the last 15 years of the 16th century, who …
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OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF — born April 12, 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, Eng. died June 24, 1604, Newington, Middlesex English lyric poet and patron of …
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GREENE, ROBERT — born July 1558?, Norwich, Eng. died Sept. 3, 1592, London one of the most popular English prose writers of the …
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CHILDREN OF PAUL'S — troupe of boy actors, one of the children's companies popular in Elizabethan England. Affiliated with St. Paul's Cathedral, the group …
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EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. øøeuphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. [Gk euphues well endowed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. euphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. [ Gk euphues well …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EUPHUISM — n. an affected or high-flown style of writing or speaking. Derivatives: euphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. Etymology: Gk euphues …
Oxford English vocab
OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL OF — orig. Edward de Vere born April 12, 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, Eng. died June 24, 1604, Newington, Middlesex English lyric …
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