Definition of Jacobinic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution. "Jacobinic terrorism"

Exact synonyms: Jacobinical
Partainyms: Jacobin, Jacobin
Derivative terms: Jacobin, Jacobin

Definition of Jacobinic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobinic

Jacobaeus operation
Jacobean
Jacobean lilies
Jacobean lily
Jacobeans
Jacobethan
Jacobi
Jacobi symbol
Jacobi symbols
Jacobian
Jacobians
Jacobin
Jacobine
Jacobines
Jacobinic
Jacobinical
Jacobinism
Jacobinisms
Jacobins
Jacobite
Jacobites
Jacobitic
Jacobitical
Jacobitism
Jacobitisms
Jacobsian
Jacobson
Jacobson's anastomosis

Literary usage of Jacobinic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1821)
"Every method, therefore, that jacobinic invention could suggest, or jacobinic energy employ, was exerted to augment the military force of the country. ..."

2. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"Jacobinism , jacobinic principles, popular turbulence Giacobino, «m. Jacobin (friar.); (French hitt ) Jacobin ( of Hit Revolution of ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"... English and French; jacobinic and Despotic, etc. Meantime I am as ever, your friend. JOHN ADAMS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. QUINCY, July, 1813. ..."

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