Daliesque

[ dah-lee-esk ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali:

   giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Daliesque¹

First recorded in 1940–45; Dali + -esque

Related Words

• bizarre
• dreamlike
• striking
• surreal
• surrealistic