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Faginesque

Faginesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), a criminal who trains children as pickpockets.

Adjective

Faginesque (comparative more Faginesque, superlative most Faginesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), a criminal who trains children as pickpockets.

Forms of Faginesque

comparativemore Faginesque
superlativemost Faginesque

Origin of Faginesque

From Fagin + -esque.

Questions about Faginesque

What does Faginesque mean?
Faginesque means resembling or characteristic of Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), a criminal who trains children as pickpockets.
What part of speech is Faginesque?
Faginesque is an adjective.

Words near Faginesque in the dictionary

  1. faghag
  2. faghags
  3. Faghfur
  4. Faghfurs
  5. fagin
  6. Faginesque
  7. fagins
  8. fagless
  9. faglet
  10. faglets
  11. faglighter

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