-esque

Esque is defined as something that is like the word it modifies.

(suffix)

An example of esque is describing a woman as Romanesque.

YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2013 by LoveToKnow Corp.

See -esque in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. in the manner or style of: Romanesque
  2. having the quality of; like: statuesque

Origin: Fr < It -esco < Gmc suffix akin to OHG -isc, -ish

See -esque in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suffix
In the manner of; resembling: Lincolnesque.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian -esco

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *-iscus

Origin: , of Germanic origin

.

link/cite print suggestion box