-esque
- an adjective suffix indicating style, manner, resemblance, or distinctive character: arabesque; Romanesque; picturesque.
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Origin of -esque
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-esque
- indicating a specified character, manner, style, or resemblancepicturesque; Romanesque; statuesque; Chaplinesque
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Word Origin
via French from Italian -esco, of Germanic origin; compare -ish
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Word Origin and History for -esque
word-forming element meaning "resembling or suggesting the style of," from French -esque "like, in the manner of," from Italian -esco, like Medieval Latin -iscus from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German -isc, German -isch, English -ish; see -ish).
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