caponesque

caponesque is the alternative letter-case form of Caponesque.

Adjective (1)

caponesque (comparative more caponesque, superlative most caponesque)

Like a capon.
- They manage only a caponesque 16 per cent of the natives 'breeding rate; and, lacking a home river, they have no instinct to return to it.2011, Richard Girling, Rubbish!: Dirt On Our Hands And Crisis Ahead
- The chickenesque youth led to caponesque youth, akin to a plantation or a quasi-plantation.2012, Jason Hurlburt, Cold Blood, page 173

Caponesque (comparative more Caponesque, superlative most Caponesque)

Having a similarity to Al Capone.
- […] it seems that Bimbo had accused Nickolas of using Caponesque methods in an effort to usurp his kingdom, which included some 300,000 subjects in the United States at the time.1969, Edith De Rham, How Could She Do That?: A Study of the Female Criminal, page 212
- […] a Caponesque terrorism with a tawdry kind of glamour, a meretricious appeal.1978, Kate Caffrey, '37-'39: Last Look Round, page 16

From capon + -esque.

From Capone + -esque, after Al Capone.

What does caponesque mean?: Caponesque means like a capon.
What is caponesque the alternative letter-case form of?: Caponesque is the alternative letter-case form of Caponesque.
What part of speech is caponesque?: Caponesque is an adjective.

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