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Bilboesque

/ˌbɪlboʊˈɛsk/

Bilboesque adjective: reminiscent of Theodore G. Bilbo’s racist sentiment.

Adjective

Bilboesque (comparative more Bilboesque, superlative most Bilboesque)

  1. (rare) Reminiscent of Theodore G. Bilbo’s racist sentiment.
    • Mississippi voters gave Bilboesque Senator James O. Eastland a resounding vote of confidence; […]1994, John Egerton, Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South, Knopf, →ISBN
    • […] writing in 1968, Robert Sherrill commented upon this apparent contradiction between Eastland's public image as a Bilboesque demagogue and his private geniality: […]2008, Chris Myers Asch, The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer, University of North Carolina Press (2011), page 329 (endnote)
  2. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of the character Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
    • At the same time, Bilboesque proverbs like "Every worm has his weak spot" and "Never laugh at live dragons" use the familiar proverb form to make the unfamiliar inhabitants of the secondary world seem more matter-of-fact.1981, Katharyn W. Crabbe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Frederick Ungar Publishers, →ISBN, page 60
    • So here goes: much as Alex Ferguson and Manchester United could not afford to let their Bilboesque, talismanic striker leave the football club, Key and New Zealand could not afford to let this production take flight.2010 October 29, Toby Manhire, “The Hobbit hullabaloo”, in The Guardian

Forms of Bilboesque

comparativemore Bilboesque
superlativemost Bilboesque

Origin of Bilboesque

From Bilbo + -esque.

Questions about Bilboesque

What does Bilboesque mean?
Bilboesque means reminiscent of Theodore G. Bilbo’s racist sentiment.
What part of speech is Bilboesque?
Bilboesque is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Bilboesque?
Bilboesque is pronounced /ˌbɪlboʊˈɛsk/.

Words near Bilboesque in the dictionary

  1. bilbies
  2. bilbo
  3. Bilbo Baggins
  4. bilboe
  5. bilboes
  6. Bilboesque
  7. bilboquet
  8. bilboquets
  9. bilbos
  10. Bilbrey
  11. Bilbreys

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