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Ghibliesque

Ghibliesque adjective: resembling the style of Studio Ghibli's anime.

Adjective

Ghibliesque (comparative more Ghibliesque, superlative most Ghibliesque)

  1. Resembling the style of Studio Ghibli's anime.
    • - The Emotion logo. Yeah, it's very pretty, very Ghibliesque... *but*... it's not the good old Neon Easter Island Heads any anime fan worth his salt knows and loves... I guess everything changes, eventually.1998 September 26, Enrique Conty, “Anime Village: Gundam Report”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)
    • Haruhi is beautifully done but I wouldn't say it was 'Ghibliesque'.2006 June 30, Hiroyuki, “Haruhi UK?”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet)

Forms of Ghibliesque

comparativemore Ghibliesque
superlativemost Ghibliesque
alternative formGhibli-esque

Origin of Ghibliesque

From (Studio) Ghibli + -esque.

Questions about Ghibliesque

What does Ghibliesque mean?
Ghibliesque means resembling the style of Studio Ghibli's anime.
What part of speech is Ghibliesque?
Ghibliesque is an adjective.

Words near Ghibliesque in the dictionary

  1. Ghibelline
  2. Ghibellines
  3. Ghibellinism
  4. ghibli
  5. Ghibli-esque
  6. Ghibliesque
  7. Ghiblification
  8. Ghiblified
  9. Ghiblifies
  10. Ghiblify
  11. Ghiblifying

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