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Definition of The admirable crichton
1. Noun. Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582).
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student
Lexicographical Neighbors of The Admirable Crichton
Literary usage of The admirable crichton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"the admirable crichton. " Signer Giacomo caro, non vi accorgete che sete un
giovane senza pare! Nobile, bello, dotto, e robusto, ed alto quasi ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"We may refer the reader, whether he is curious after the Admirable Crichton, or
after his own amusement solely, to William Harrison Ainsworth's last romance ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"... the society's possession, but at length a paper written, it is supposed, by
the respectable biographer of the Admirable Crichton and Sir Thomas Craig, ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... it is supposed, by the respectable biographer of the Admirable Crichton and
Sir Thomas Craig, appeared in Blackwood's ¡Magazine, in which Callander is ..."
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