Black Panther-esque
Black Panther-esque adjective: resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.
Adjective
Black Panther-esque (comparative more Black Panther-esque, superlative most Black Panther-esque)
- Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.
- And in New York the flashback was Black Panther-esque, circa 1970. “I don’t care about no facts,” said Tawana Brawley’s lawyer Alton [Henry] Maddox [Jr.], according to a former aide to Al Sharpton, as the Brawley case entered its fourteenth year of dominating the news.1988 September, “Yikes! September! Anxiety season”, in E[dward] Graydon Carter, Kurt Andersen, editors, Spy […], New York, N.Y.: Spy Publishing Partners, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 3
- But it’s not until Scotty gets rubbed out and left on Gunn’s doorstep one morning that our hero blows a gasket and takes the law into his own hands (with the aid of some new Black Panther-esque pals).1996, Steve Puchalski, “Black Gunn (1972)”, in Steve Puchalski, editor, Shock Cinema […], number 8, New York, N.Y.: Steve Puchalski, →OCLC, page 25, column 1
Forms of Black Panther-esque
| comparative | more Black Panther-esque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Black Panther-esque |
| alternative form | Black Pantheresque |
Origin of Black Panther-esque
From Black Panther + -esque.
Questions about Black Panther-esque
- What does Black Panther-esque mean?
- Black Panther-esque means resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.
- What part of speech is Black Panther-esque?
- Black Panther-esque is an adjective.
Words near Black Panther-esque in the dictionary
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