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essayistic

essayistic adjective: characteristic of, or pertaining to, an essayist.

Adjective

essayistic (comparative more essayistic, superlative most essayistic)

  1. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, an essayist.
    • Mr. Taylor[…] tells this story with a good deal of essayistic flair, precision and flyaway wit.2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times

Forms of essayistic

comparativemore essayistic
superlativemost essayistic

Origin of essayistic

From essayist + -ic.

Words formed from essayistic

Questions about essayistic

What does essayistic mean?
Essayistic means characteristic of, or pertaining to, an essayist.
What part of speech is essayistic?
Essayistic is an adjective.

Words near essayistic in the dictionary

  1. essaying
  2. essayings
  3. essayish
  4. essayism
  5. essayist
  6. essayistic
  7. essayistical
  8. essayistically
  9. essayists
  10. essaykin
  11. essaykins

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