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-esque

suffix
/ɛsk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque Borrowed from French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, of Germanic origin, from Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Old High German -isc (German -isch), Old English -isċ, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks). Doublet of -ish and -ski.

  1. derived from *-iskos✻
  2. derived from *-iskaz✻
  3. derived from *-isk✻
  4. derived from -isc
  5. derived from -iscus
  6. derived from -esco
  7. borrowed from -esque

Definitions

  1. In the style or manner of

    In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

    • Kafkaesque
    • When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator.

  2. Resembling

    Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

    • Needless to say, Mr. T abstained from the "Wolf of Wall Street"-esque extracurriculars on grounds that he didn't agree with Cubik Partners' definition of "fun," per his testimony in court.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -esque. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA