Baconian

[ bey-koh-nee-uh n ]
/ beɪˈkoʊ ni ən /

adjective

of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.

noun

an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.

Origin of Baconian

First recorded in 1805–15; Bacon + -ian

OTHER WORDS FROM Baconian

Ba·co·ni·an·ism, Ba·co·nism [bey-kuh-niz-uh m] /ˈbeɪ kəˌnɪz əm/, noun pre-Ba·co·ni·an, adjective pro-Ba·co·ni·an, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for baconism

Baconian
/ (beɪˈkəʊnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning

noun

a follower of Bacon's philosophy
one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon