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Brysonesque

Brysonesque adjective: characteristic of William McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 1951), Anglo-American author of light-hearted travelogues.

Adjective

Brysonesque (comparative more Brysonesque, superlative most Brysonesque)

  1. Characteristic of William McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 1951), Anglo-American author of light-hearted travelogues.
    • So while during the writing process, I described my task as somewhat Brysonesque, it is a journey through Southern culture rather than a more conventional traveler's guide. Because, unlike Bryson, I actually got out of my car and chatted with folk.2000, Angelia Wilson, Below the Belt: Religion, Sexuality and Politics in the Rural South
    • This new symbiosis was also observable in more serious Cornish literature, for example in Alan M. Kent's Cousin Jack's Mouth Organ, which is a Brysonesque journey across Cornish-America […]2005, The Cornish Overseas: A History of Cornwall's 'great Emigration'

Forms of Brysonesque

comparativemore Brysonesque
superlativemost Brysonesque

Origin of Brysonesque

From Bryson + -esque.

Questions about Brysonesque

What does Brysonesque mean?
Brysonesque means characteristic of William McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 1951), Anglo-American author of light-hearted travelogues.
What part of speech is Brysonesque?
Brysonesque is an adjective.

Words near Brysonesque in the dictionary

  1. bryozoon
  2. bryozoum
  3. Brys
  4. Bryson
  5. Bryson City
  6. Brysonesque
  7. Brysonian
  8. Brython
  9. Brythonic
  10. Brythons
  11. Bryyn

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