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-esque definition

-esque (esk)

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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