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BBCesque

BBCesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of the BBC.

Adjective

BBCesque (comparative more BBCesque, superlative most BBCesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the BBC.
    • We are by no means obliged to surrender to some BBCesque cliché and think harshly of everyone among the privileged characters while we praise all those at the mercy of their spoiled whims.1980, Isabel Colegate, The Shooting Party, Penguin Books, published 2007, →ISBN
    • Thanks to cable, PBS now has to compete with Disney, A&E, and the Discovery Channel for BBCesque programming.1996, James B. Twitchell, chapter 2, in Adcult USA: The Triumph of Advertising in American Culture, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 102

Forms of BBCesque

comparativemore BBCesque
superlativemost BBCesque
alternative formBBC-esque

Origin of BBCesque

From BBC + -esque.

Questions about BBCesque

What does BBCesque mean?
BBCesque means resembling or characteristic of the BBC.
What part of speech is BBCesque?
BBCesque is an adjective.

Words near BBCesque in the dictionary

  1. BBBW
  2. BBBWs
  3. BBC
  4. BBC English
  5. BBC-esque
  6. BBCesque
  7. BBCode
  8. BBCs
  9. BBD
  10. BBDs
  11. BBE

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