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Oxˈfordian, a.
[f. prec. + -ian.]
1. Geol. Of, pertaining to, or designating a division of the Upper Jurassic in Britain lying below the Kimeridgian and above the Callovian (in continental Europe restricted to the lower part of this division). Also absol., the Oxfordian stage or period. [In this sense ad. F. oxfordien (J. Thurmann 1830, in Mém. de la Soc. d'Hist. nat. de Strasbourg I. 22).]
1849Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. V. 179 The clear definition of an equivalent of the Oxfordian group..had not been defined in the Southern Alps until M. von Buch demonstrated to the Italian geologists..that their ‘Ammonitico rosso’ was of Oxfordian age. Ibid. 182 The overlying stage..is therefore a good representative of the Oxfordian of the Alps. 1885Etheridge Stratigraph. Geol. 441 The Middle Jurassic rocks comprise two complete and distinct groups—1. The Oxfordian; 2. The Corallian. 1. Oxfordian—divisible into two sections, a and b, the Kellaways Rock and the Oxford Clay. 1885,1946[see Callovian a.]. 1967D. H. Rayner Stratigr. Brit. Isles ix. 275 The base of the Upper Jurassic is sometimes taken at the base of the Oxfordian stage. 1975A. Hallam Jurassic Environments ii. 16 The problem of correlation becomes much more serious from Upper Oxfordian times onwards. Ibid., The increased difficulty of correlating the Upper Oxfordian is a consequence of northwards retreat of the boreal cardioceratid faunas which had ranged widely into southern Europe during the Lower Oxfordian.
2. [f. the title of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550–1604) + -ian.] Used with reference to the theory that the Earl of Oxford wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare. Also as n.
1930P. Allen Case for Edward de Vere 20 These poems of Chapman..are, in my judgment, enough..to prove the Oxfordian authorship of ‘Shakespeare’. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Sept. 712/2 Oxfordians seem to start from the basic assumption that the association of the work of Shakespeare with the Stratford player needs explanation. 1932Ibid. 23 June 462/4 For the ordinary reader, and especially for the reader unfamiliar with the Oxfordian theory, Mr. Allen's book is not wholly satisfactory. 1958Listener 17 July 100/3 Baconians, Oxfordians, Rutlandians, Derbyites. 1970S. Schoenbaum Shakespeare's Lives vi. ix. 609 Freud read the Looney book. It converted him to the Oxfordian faith. Ibid. 610 The contempt felt by reputable scholars for the Oxfordians. |