Bodleian

English

Etymology

From Bodley +‎ -an, named after English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), founder of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.

Adjective

Bodleian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley.
  2. (by extension) Of or pertaining to the Bodleian Library.

Proper noun

the Bodleian

  1. (Oxford City) Clipping of Bodleian Library.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.