Marlovian

English

Etymology

From Marlow +‎ -v- +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Marlovian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).
   • 1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1:

     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.

2. Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Alternative forms

• Marlowean, Marlowian

Noun

Marlovian (plural Marlovians)

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