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Agatha Christiesque

Agatha Christiesque is the alternative form of Agatha Christie-esque.

Meaning of Agatha Christie-esque

Adjective

Agatha Christie-esque (comparative more Agatha Christie-esque, superlative most Agatha Christie-esque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Agatha Christie (1890–1976), an English writer known for her detective fiction.
    • In the first scene, the Agatha Christie-esque “queen of the logical murder” (Shirley Platel) outlines a murder plot with a surprise ending.1980 March 14, David Rorden, “Play: Murder spoof starts slowly, but laughs build”, in The Daily News, 308th issue, 57th year, Longview, Wash., page C1
    Synonyms:
    Christiesque

Forms of Agatha Christiesque

comparativemore Agatha Christiesque
superlativemost Agatha Christiesque

Questions about Agatha Christiesque

What is Agatha Christiesque the alternative form of?
Agatha Christiesque is the alternative form of Agatha Christie-esque.

Words near Agatha Christiesque in the dictionary

  1. agateward
  2. agateware
  3. agatewares
  4. Agatha
  5. Agatha Christie-esque
  6. Agatha Christiesque
  7. Agathangelos
  8. Agathangelus
  9. Agatharchus
  10. agatharesinol
  11. agathaumid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Agatha Christiesque (page history and authors); Agatha Christie-esque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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