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cigaresque

cigaresque adjective: characteristic of cigars.

Adjective

cigaresque (comparative more cigaresque, superlative most cigaresque)

  1. Characteristic of cigars
    • We smoke it for prestige. There are two kinds of cigaresque prestige. First, the prestige of opulence, which attends the smoking of hand-made cigars imported from Cuba or Jamaica.1969, Saturday Night, volume 84, page 46

Forms of cigaresque

comparativemore cigaresque
superlativemost cigaresque

Origin of cigaresque

From cigar + -esque.

Questions about cigaresque

What does cigaresque mean?
Cigaresque means characteristic of cigars.
What part of speech is cigaresque?
Cigaresque is an adjective.

Words near cigaresque in the dictionary

  1. cigar-chomping
  2. cigar-shaped
  3. cigar-smoke
  4. cigardom
  5. cigared
  6. cigaresque
  7. cigaret
  8. cigarets
  9. cigarette
  10. cigarette beetle
  11. cigarette beetles

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