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Elizabethan English
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English
Pronunciation
en /əˌlɪzəˈbiːθən ˈiːŋɡlɪʃ/
Proper noun
The dialect of English spoken during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
en 2018 James Lambert A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity English World-Wide 10 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318367113_A_multitude_of_lishes_The_nomenclature_of_hybridity Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260210120000/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318367113_A_multitude_of_lishes_The_nomenclature_of_hybridity 10 February 2026
Holonyms
en Early Modern English
Related terms
en Old English
en Middle English
en Modern English
en Dialects English