Elizabethan English

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˌlɪzəˈbiːθən ˈiːŋglɪʃ/

Proper noun

Proper noun Elizabethan English

1. (informal) The way people in England talked when Elizabeth I was queen of England.

   "Thee," "thou," and "ye" were ways to say "you" in Elizabethan English.

Synonyms

• Early Modern English

Related words

• Old English
• Middle English
• Modern English