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Meaning of Cottonian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

kɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən

Definitions

Of or relating to Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), antiquarian and bibliophile whose Cotton library became the basis of the British Library.
not-comparable
Of or relating to the Cotton Library or texts originally of that library.
not-comparable

Examples

“Twenty-six years later occurred the disastrous fire in which so many of the Cottonian MSS. were either destroyed or, as the Beowulf MS., damaged.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

cottonless cottonlike cottonmouthed cottonous cottony cotylar

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