Meaning of Cottonian | Babel Free
/kɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/Definitions
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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
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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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.