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gremlinesque

gremlinesque adjective: like, or in the manner of, a gremlin.

Adjective

gremlinesque (comparative more gremlinesque, superlative most gremlinesque)

  1. Like, or in the manner of, a gremlin.
    • Gremlinesque behaviour might not be very obvious to an America, who would accept as perfectly natural the quaintly pixilated sayings and doings that are happening in subways, in trolleys, on buses, in bars at all times of the day and night.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107
    • "To Cure a Weakling Child, Contour Regard" and "Funny Little Man" are awash with the gremlinesque twittering of childrens' voices.1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 1, page 116

Forms of gremlinesque

comparativemore gremlinesque
superlativemost gremlinesque

Origin of gremlinesque

From gremlin + -esque.

Questions about gremlinesque

What does gremlinesque mean?
Gremlinesque means like, or in the manner of, a gremlin.
What part of speech is gremlinesque?
Gremlinesque is an adjective.

Words near gremlinesque in the dictionary

  1. gremials
  2. Gremillion
  3. Gremillions
  4. GREML
  5. gremlin
  6. gremlinesque
  7. gremlinologist
  8. gremlinologists
  9. gremlinology
  10. gremlinous
  11. gremlins

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