Elyot

American

[el-ee-uht, el-yuht] / ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl yət /

noun

Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.

Elyot British

/ ˈɛlɪət /

noun

Sir Thomas. ?1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat; author of The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise in English on education

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Rickman's every utterance as Elyot Chase had what can only be described as a musical panache.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2016

Mulligan appeared in London in “Forty Winks” by Kevin Elyot at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004 and in a production of Moliere’s “The Hypochondriac” in 2005.

From Time • Sep. 3, 2014

Director Robert Hastie confirms that Elyot took a keen interest in plans for the revival.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2014

What a weird, artificial thing this is: as if Amanda and Elyot had escaped from Private Lives and decided to put on their own version of Ghosts.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2013

At this period, in France, we find a famous Veneur, Gaston Phebus, opening his treatise on “hunting” in the spirit that Elyot had opened to us the mysteries of dancing.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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