Home › Words › M › marlovianmarlovianmarlovian means of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).EtymologyFrom Marlow + -v- + -ian.adjOf or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).e.g.“Also it is worth attending to the Marlovian questions because they are too easily drowned out by another characteristic rhetorical device, the hyperboles so well analyzed by Harry Levin.” — 1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1:Pertaining to the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.nounSomeone who believes that Christopher Marlowe was the main writer of works attributed to William Shakespeare.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).