Allenesque
Allenesque adjective: reminiscent of Woody Allen (born 1935), American actor, writer, director, comedian, and playwright.
Adjective
Allenesque (comparative more Allenesque, superlative most Allenesque)
- Reminiscent of Woody Allen (born 1935), American actor, writer, director, comedian, and playwright.
- By the 1980s, what I’ll call the Allenesque Jew/Shiksa split was entrenched: Jewish = nonathletic, brainy, neurotic, pasty, dark-haired, profoundly unhealthy parental relationship, usually from the New York area; shiksa = healthy, Waspy, carefree, blonde, supportive (if judgmental) parents, from...2013 March 3, Menachem Kaiser, “Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa”, in Los Angeles Review of Books
Forms of Allenesque
| comparative | more Allenesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Allenesque |
Origin of Allenesque
From Allen + -esque.
Questions about Allenesque
- What does Allenesque mean?
- Allenesque means reminiscent of Woody Allen (born 1935), American actor, writer, director, comedian, and playwright.
- What part of speech is Allenesque?
- Allenesque is an adjective.
Words near Allenesque in the dictionary
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