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Africanesque

Africanesque adjective: resembling the African style.

Adjective

Africanesque (comparative more Africanesque, superlative most Africanesque)

  1. Resembling the African style.
    • an Africanesque sculpture

Forms of Africanesque

comparativemore Africanesque
superlativemost Africanesque

Origin of Africanesque

From African + -esque.

Questions about Africanesque

What does Africanesque mean?
Africanesque means resembling the African style.
What part of speech is Africanesque?
Africanesque is an adjective.

Words near Africanesque in the dictionary

  1. Africander
  2. Africanderism
  3. Africanderisms
  4. Africanders
  5. Africanerdom
  6. Africanesque
  7. Africaness
  8. Africanesses
  9. Africanfuturism
  10. Africanfuturisms
  11. Africanfuturist

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