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Audenesque

Audenesque adjective: recalling the style of W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet, whose work is characterized by stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with moral and political issues, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.

Adjective

Audenesque (comparative more Audenesque, superlative most Audenesque)

  1. Recalling the style of W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet, whose work is characterized by stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with moral and political issues, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.

Forms of Audenesque

comparativemore Audenesque
superlativemost Audenesque

Origin of Audenesque

From Auden + -esque.

Questions about Audenesque

What does Audenesque mean?
Audenesque means recalling the style of W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet, whose work is characterized by stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with moral and political issues, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.
What part of speech is Audenesque?
Audenesque is an adjective.

Words near Audenesque in the dictionary

  1. Audelo
  2. Audelos
  3. audeme
  4. audemes
  5. Auden
  6. Audenesque
  7. Audenian
  8. Audeniana
  9. Audenshaw
  10. Auderghem
  11. Audet

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