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Bowiesque

/boʊiˈɛsk/

Bowiesque adjective: reminiscent of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor, or his work; glamorous; eclectic; innovative.

Adjective

Bowiesque (comparative more Bowiesque, superlative most Bowiesque)

  1. Reminiscent of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor, or his work; glamorous; eclectic; innovative.
    • St. Vincent has been lauded as a “Bowiesque shapeshifter” and champion of queer identity and aesthetics, and she has been faulted for concealing a lack of substance beneath an aura of “mystique.”2022, Sherry R. Truffin, “Laughing with a Mouth of Blood”, in James Rovira, editor, Women in Rock, Women in Romanticism, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISBN

Forms of Bowiesque

comparativemore Bowiesque
superlativemost Bowiesque

Origin of Bowiesque

From Bowie + -esque.

Questions about Bowiesque

What does Bowiesque mean?
Bowiesque means reminiscent of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor, or his work; glamorous; eclectic; innovative.
What part of speech is Bowiesque?
Bowiesque is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Bowiesque?
Bowiesque is pronounced /boʊiˈɛsk/.

Words near Bowiesque in the dictionary

  1. bowie-knife
  2. Bowiean
  3. bowieite
  4. Bowieites
  5. bowies
  6. Bowiesque
  7. bowing
  8. bowing acquaintance
  9. bowing and scraping
  10. bowing down
  11. bowing down before the porcelain god

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