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Cocteauesque

Cocteauesque adjective: in a style reminiscent of Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French writer, artist, and dramatist.

Adjective

Cocteauesque (comparative more Cocteauesque, superlative most Cocteauesque)

  1. In a style reminiscent of Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French writer, artist, and dramatist.

Forms of Cocteauesque

comparativemore Cocteauesque
superlativemost Cocteauesque

Origin of Cocteauesque

From Cocteau + -esque.

Questions about Cocteauesque

What does Cocteauesque mean?
Cocteauesque means in a style reminiscent of Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French writer, artist, and dramatist.
What part of speech is Cocteauesque?
Cocteauesque is an adjective.

Words near Cocteauesque in the dictionary

  1. cocrystals
  2. COCs
  3. COCSA
  4. Cocteau
  5. Cocteauan
  6. Cocteauesque
  7. coctile
  8. coction
  9. coctions
  10. Cocto
  11. coctoprecipitin

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