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Havisham-esque

Havisham-esque is the alternative form of Havishamesque.

Meaning of Havishamesque

Adjective

Havishamesque (comparative more Havishamesque, superlative most Havishamesque)

  1. Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure.
    • Unlike most historic sites, which tend to ossify into Havishamesque stillness, Chesterwood, the turn-of-the-century home of popular academic sculptor Daniel Chester French, welcomes the fresh breezes of life.1987 October, Julie Michaels, Susan Zesiger, “Guaranteed Listings”, in Daniel Okrent, editor, New England Monthly, volume 4, number 10, Haydenville, Mass.: New England Monthly, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97...

Forms of Havisham-esque

comparativemore Havisham-esque
superlativemost Havisham-esque

Phrases with Havisham-esque

Questions about Havisham-esque

What is Havisham-esque the alternative form of?
Havisham-esque is the alternative form of Havishamesque.

Words near Havisham-esque in the dictionary

  1. havior
  2. haviour
  3. Havis
  4. Havises
  5. Havisham
  6. Havisham-esque
  7. Havishamesque
  8. havlagah
  9. Havlicek
  10. Havliceks
  11. Havlik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Havisham-esque (page history and authors); Havishamesque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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