Jazz Age

Speech parts

1. Jazz Age - Noun

2. Jazz Age - Proper noun

Meaning

the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

art nouveau 1920s Belle Epoque flapper era age of extravagance age of luxury enlightenment era age of decadence age of elegance age of excess age of refinement nineteen twenties early th century art deco era musical years
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Hypernyms

age historic period

Examples

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders. F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Washington Post reviewer wrote that “Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald “would undoubtedly have appreciated this heady cocktail of murder, intrigue and Jazz Age excess.” Source: Internet

Cathy, a virtuoso in her own right on trumpet, then led the band through a long list of old favourites, including ‘Alexander’s Rag Time Band’, ‘Chicago’, ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ and ‘The Sheikh of Araby’, all from the Jazz Age era. Source: Internet

James Avery Hopwood (May 28, 1882 – July 1, 1928), was an American playwright, called the most successful playwright of the Jazz Age, having four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920. Source: Internet

A vivid biography of a Jazz Age pioneer in modernist art, literature and photography. Source: Internet

"New York City’s Jazz Age bubbled under the surface with sadistic criminals who went day-to-day undetected. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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