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Baconian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈkəʊn.ɪən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bacon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Baconian From Bacon + -ian.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman and polymath, or his writings.
  2. Of or relating to Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) (1647–1676), who instigated Bacon's Rebellion.

Forms

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Deriveds

Baconian method · Baconian cipher · Baconianism · Baconian induction

Translations (5)

it baconiano (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system) · el μπακονικός (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system) · cs baconovský (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system) · fr baconien (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system) · pt baconiano (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system)

Baconian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈkəʊn.ɪən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bacon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Baconian From Bacon + -ian.

Meanings

  1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
  2. One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
    • So looks the Shakespearean who is confronted by a rancid Baconian, or the astronomer who is assailed by a flat-earth fanatic. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
    • In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in it." 1891, Shakespeariana: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, page 195:

Forms

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Synonyms

Bacon-Shakespearean (believer in Bacon as the author of Shakespeare plays)

Translations (1)

pl bakonista (one who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon)