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 Definitions of -esque  [ɪˈspaɪ]  

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Definition of '-esque' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1.  -esque
a suffix that forms adjectives having the meanings “resembling,”“in the style or manner of,”“suggesting the work of” the person or thing denoted by the base word:
Kafkaesque; Lincolnesque; picturesque.

Etymology:  (< F < It -esco&indirdesc; Gmc; see -ish1)

Definition of '-esque' Webster Dictionary 

1.  -esque
a suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs



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