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al-Qaedaesque

al-Qaedaesque adjective: resembling al-Qaeda.

Adjective

al-Qaedaesque (comparative more al-Qaedaesque, superlative most al-Qaedaesque)

  1. (rare) Resembling al-Qaeda.
    • Several local intelligence agencies are murmuring that a students, of a new kind, well versed in the cognitive sciences, are pouring in from distant lands—Sudan, Gaza, Nigeria, Peshawar or Kurdistan—to train in al-Qaedaesque fortified camps.2011, David Ball and Nicole Ball (translators), Passage of Tears, Abdourahman S. Waberi, page 39-40

Forms of al-Qaedaesque

comparativemore al-Qaedaesque
superlativemost al-Qaedaesque

Origin of al-Qaedaesque

From al-Qaeda + -esque.

Questions about al-Qaedaesque

What does al-Qaedaesque mean?
Al-Qaedaesque means resembling al-Qaeda.
What part of speech is al-Qaedaesque?
Al-Qaedaesque is an adjective.

Words near al-Qaedaesque in the dictionary

  1. al-Moslawi
  2. Al-Nakba
  3. Al-Naqba
  4. Al-Nassr
  5. al-Qaeda
  6. al-Qaedaesque
  7. al-Qaedaism
  8. al-Qaida
  9. al-Qaʼida
  10. Al-Quds
  11. Al-Quds Day

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