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animalesque

animalesque adjective: reminiscent of an animal or its habits.

Adjective

animalesque (comparative more animalesque, superlative most animalesque)

  1. Reminiscent of an animal or its habits.

Synonyms of animalesque

Forms of animalesque

comparativemore animalesque
superlativemost animalesque

Origin of animalesque

From animal + -esque. Piecewise doublet of animalish.

Questions about animalesque

What does animalesque mean?
Animalesque means reminiscent of an animal or its habits.
What part of speech is animalesque?
Animalesque is an adjective.

Words near animalesque in the dictionary

  1. animalculist
  2. animalculistic
  3. animalculists
  4. animalculous
  5. animalculum
  6. animalesque
  7. animalhood
  8. animalian
  9. animalic
  10. animalicide
  11. animalicides

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