Hemingwayesque

[hem-ing-wey-esk]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.

Hemingwayesque

/ ˌhɛmɪŋˌweɪˈɛsk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or like Ernest Hemingway or his literary style

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hemingwayesque¹

First recorded in 1940–45; Hemingway + -esque

Example Sentences

The pleasures of Harrison’s writings tend to the Hemingwayesque, and are set largely in his native Midwest: hunting, fishing, hiking and generally being outdoors; cooking, eating and drinking; sex, women and conversation.

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The closest thing we have to a prominent “Hemingwayesque” author today is Dave Eggers, who deployed that clipped-yet-redundant style in novels like “A Hologram for the King” and “The Circle.”

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A Hemingwayesque writer reviews the riddle of his life as he lies dying in Africa.

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For the Hemingwayesque director, there was none of that final-credit nonsense: “No animals were harmed in the making of this film.”

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It also, as a result, opened up Europe for the first time to Americans beyond the ranks of Jamesian travellers and Hemingwayesque expatriates.

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