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gorillaesque

gorillaesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gorilla (animal).

Adjective

gorillaesque (comparative more gorillaesque, superlative most gorillaesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla (animal).
    • The man was short and stalky, with heavy, stooped shoulders and long arms that gave him a gorillaesque appearance.1964 [1939], Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Leopard Pit” (chapter 8), in Tarzan the Magnificent, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, page 62

Synonyms of gorillaesque

Forms of gorillaesque

comparativemore gorillaesque
superlativemost gorillaesque

Origin of gorillaesque

From gorilla + -esque. Piecewise doublet of gorillaish.

Questions about gorillaesque

What does gorillaesque mean?
Gorillaesque means resembling or characteristic of a gorilla (animal).
What part of speech is gorillaesque?
Gorillaesque is an adjective.

Words near gorillaesque in the dictionary

  1. Gorilla Sign Language
  2. gorilla suit
  3. gorilla suits
  4. gorilla-like
  5. Gorillae
  6. gorillaesque
  7. gorillagram
  8. gorillagrams
  9. gorillahon
  10. Gorillai
  11. gorillaish

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