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Gibsonesque

Gibsonesque adjective: reminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.

Adjective

Gibsonesque (comparative more Gibsonesque, superlative most Gibsonesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
  2. Reminiscent of the works of William Gibson (born 1948), American-Canadian novelist and essayist who popularized the science fiction concept of cyberspace.
    • Rather than Gibsonesque warnings of the extinction of individuality in corporate hyperspace, for instance, current African writers tentatively advance versions of virtual identity that centre around relative location in motion.2005, Gerald Gaylard, After Colonialism: African Postmodernism and Magical Realism, Witwatersrand University Press
    • Chang even invoked American-Canadian sci-fi cyberpunk author William Gibson, talking of Dizzee's Gibsonesque “mirror-world” in which “patterns [are] de/recontextualized at the edge of recognition and seen in syrupy slo-mo.”2011, Paul Lester, Bonkers: The Story of Dizzee Rascal, Omnibus Press, →ISBN

Forms of Gibsonesque

comparativemore Gibsonesque
superlativemost Gibsonesque

Origin of Gibsonesque

From Gibson + -esque.

Questions about Gibsonesque

What does Gibsonesque mean?
Gibsonesque means reminiscent of the guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
What part of speech is Gibsonesque?
Gibsonesque is an adjective.

Words near Gibsonesque in the dictionary

  1. Gibson Girls
  2. Gibson ring
  3. Gibson rings
  4. Gibson's paradox
  5. Gibsonburg
  6. Gibsonesque
  7. Gibsonia
  8. Gibsonian
  9. Gibsons
  10. gibstaff
  11. gibstaffs

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