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flapperesque

flapperesque adjective: reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).

Adjective

flapperesque (comparative more flapperesque, superlative most flapperesque)

  1. Reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).
    • Ms. Haskell also goes over the autobiographical correspondences between Margaret Mitchell and her two creations, Scarlett and Melanie, contrasting the author’s tomboy childhood and flapperesque youth with the ladylike gentility she assumed later in life; her fierce determination to become a writer...2009 April 24, Michiko Kakutani, “Lots of Contradictions in Birthin’ That Movie”, in New York Times

Forms of flapperesque

comparativemore flapperesque
superlativemost flapperesque

Origin of flapperesque

From flapper + -esque.

Questions about flapperesque

What does flapperesque mean?
Flapperesque means reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).
What part of speech is flapperesque?
Flapperesque is an adjective.

Words near flapperesque in the dictionary

  1. flapper skate
  2. flapper skates
  3. flapper valve
  4. flapper valves
  5. flapperdom
  6. flapperesque
  7. flappergast
  8. flappergasted
  9. flappergasting
  10. flappergasts
  11. flapperhood

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