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Beardsleyesque

Beardsleyesque adjective: reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

Adjective

Beardsleyesque (comparative more Beardsleyesque, superlative most Beardsleyesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

Forms of Beardsleyesque

comparativemore Beardsleyesque
superlativemost Beardsleyesque

Origin of Beardsleyesque

From Beardsley + -esque.

Questions about Beardsleyesque

What does Beardsleyesque mean?
Beardsleyesque means reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
What part of speech is Beardsleyesque?
Beardsleyesque is an adjective.

Words near Beardsleyesque in the dictionary

  1. Beardslee
  2. Beardslee trout
  3. Beardslees
  4. Beardsley
  5. Beardsleyan
  6. Beardsleyesque
  7. Beardsleys
  8. Beardsworth
  9. Beardsworths
  10. beardtongue
  11. beardtongues

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