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Marlovian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Marlow + -v- + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).
   • Also it is worth attending to the Marlovian questions because they are too easily drowned out by another characteristic rhetorical device, the hyperboles so well analyzed by Harry Levin. 1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1:
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Forms

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Marlowean		alternative	lexicographic
Marlowian		alternative	lexicographic

Marlovian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Marlow + -v- + -ian.

Meanings

1. Someone who believes that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Forms

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Marlovians	Number=Plur		lexicographic