Potteresque

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels written…

   Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

   • Joanne was delighted at the choice of Daniel as she was with the ten-year-old Emma Watson and eleven-year-old Rupert Grint – a Potteresque name if ever there was one – to play Hermione and Ron.
2. 2

   Resembling or characteristic of the eponymous fictional character Harry Potter from the…

   Resembling or characteristic of the eponymous fictional character Harry Potter from the series.

   • With ages ranging from an angelic 18 months old up to 11, there was a cluster of capes, a clutter of broomsticks – one or two Nimbus 2000s among them – and a veritable sea of Potter[-]esque glasses.
   • Advaita Gyan, 23, tall and gangly, with a prominent nose on which a pair of Potteresque specs perched, stood up abruptly, the carefully arranged papers in front of her scattering to the floor.
3. 3

   Resembling or characteristic of English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist…

   Resembling or characteristic of English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist Dennis Potter (1935–1994).

   • Because Daniel’s memory does not remember events in a logical and chronological manner, we are given the past through a series of typically Potteresque ‘flashbacks’ and ‘flash forwards’.
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      Resembling or characteristic of English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and…

      Resembling or characteristic of English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist Beatrix Potter (1866–1943).

      • The story is purely “Potteresque”: a morality tale in which the inescapable moral is neatly evaded. . . . Beatrix Potter’s tongue-in-cheek humor is still as fresh as it was in 1903.

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