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Harry Potteresque

Harry Potteresque adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.

Adjective

Harry Potteresque (comparative more Harry Potteresque, superlative most Harry Potteresque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
    • Lisa Abend’s new book reads like a Harry Potteresque version of a cook’s story and gives readers the chance to enter the hidden world of cooks.2011, José Andrés, “Praise for The Sorcerer’s Apprentices”, in Lisa Abend, The Sorcerer’s Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià’s elBulli, Free Press, →ISBN, back cover
    • ‘I’ve just got an image of the Morris Minor taking to the sky. It would be rather Harry Potteresque!’2013, Sarah Tranter, No Such Thing as Immortality, Choc Lit, →ISBN, page 236
  2. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Harry Potter.
    • I took responsibility for hauling up the terracotta mainsail, under the tutelage of a friendly, Harry Potteresque teenager.2006, Nick Thorpe, Adrift in Caledonia: Boat-hitching for the Unenlightened, Abacus, published 2007, →ISBN, page 229
    • From her dark rimmed Harry Potteresque glasses to her well coiffed hair, this is a mother on the go.2009, Alexandra Becquet, Claire Conilleau, editors, Mutations et adaptations: le XXe siècle, Nouveau Monde, →ISBN

Examples of Harry Potteresque in a sentence

  • Leaving behind the stained glass and tiled floors, I descended a grand, Harry Potteresque stone staircase and returned to the party in the courtyard downstairs.2015, Ben Coates, Why the Dutch Are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands, London; Boston, Mass.: Nicholas Brealey...
  • He uses Sherlockian deduction mixed with some Harry Potteresque cryptozoological beings to determine Abigail has recently been in Eastern Europe.2015 December 10, Camilla Mortensen, “Jackaby and Beastly Bones by William Ritter. Algonquin Young Readers, $17.95.”, in Eugene Weekly...
  • ‘There aren’t any more doors after this,’ the store manager, Julio Sympa, corrected him, wiping his round Harry Potteresque spectacles with a thick cloth handkerchief.2014, Romain Puértolas, translated by Sam Taylor, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, London...
  • The kid was adorable with his sweet face and big blue eyes behind vaguely Harry Potteresque glasses.2015, Suzanne Brockmann, Free Fall, →ISBN:

Synonyms of Harry Potteresque

Forms of Harry Potteresque

comparativemore Harry Potteresque
superlativemost Harry Potteresque
alternative formHarry Potter-esque

Origin of Harry Potteresque

From Harry Potter + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Harry Potterish.

Questions about Harry Potteresque

What does Harry Potteresque mean?
Harry Potteresque means resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
How do you use Harry Potteresque in a sentence?
Leaving behind the stained glass and tiled floors, I descended a grand, Harry Potteresque stone staircase and returned to the party in the courtyard downstairs.
What part of speech is Harry Potteresque?
Harry Potteresque is an adjective.

Words near Harry Potteresque in the dictionary

  1. Harry hotlips
  2. Harry Hun
  3. Harry Potter
  4. Harry Potter glasses
  5. Harry Potter spectacles
  6. Harry Potteresque
  7. Harry Potterish
  8. Harry starkers
  9. Harry Stoke
  10. Harry-Potterish
  11. Harry-soph

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