Oxfordian

Oxford +‎ -ian

Oxfordian (plural Oxfordians)

1. A native or resident of Oxford.
   • 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 352:

     ‘But that’s just Oxfordians being stupid and provincial,’ said Letty, ‘it doesn’t mean―’
     ‘I know you don’t see it,’ said Ramy. ‘And I don’t expect you to, that’s not your lot in life.’

2. One who believes that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare.

Oxfordian

1. (geology) The age from 163.5±1.0 Ma to 157.3±1.0 Ma or the stage of rocks (chiefly coral-derived limestones) deposited during it.

• (age 163.5-157.3Ma ago): Corallian

• (age 163.5-157.3Ma ago): Phanerozoic - eon; Mesozoic - era; Jurassic - period; Upper Jurassic - epoch

• (age 163.5-157.3Ma ago): Callovian (Middle Jurassic); Oxfordian, Kimmeridgean, Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) - ages or stages

Oxfordian (comparative more Oxfordian, superlative most Oxfordian)

1. Of or pertaining to Oxford or its residents.
2. Relating to or denoting the theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
3. (geology) Relating to the Oxfordian age or stage.

• Oxfordianism

• Oxfordish

• “Oxfordian”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.