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formalesque

adj

Etymology

From formal + -esque; coined in 1994 by Australian art historian Bernard Smith, since the period referred to by "modernist" was by then no longer modern.

  1. derived from fōrmālis
  2. derived from formel
  3. inherited from formel
  4. suffixed as formalesque — “formal + esque”

Definitions

  1. modernist

    modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960

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