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humanesque

humanesque adjective: resembling or depicting a human.

Adjective

humanesque (comparative more humanesque, superlative most humanesque)

  1. Resembling or depicting a human.

Forms of humanesque

comparativemore humanesque
superlativemost humanesque
alternative formhuman-esque

Origin of humanesque

From human + -esque. Piecewise doublet of humanish.

Questions about humanesque

What does humanesque mean?
Humanesque means resembling or depicting a human.
What part of speech is humanesque?
Humanesque is an adjective.

Words near humanesque in the dictionary

  1. humaned
  2. humanely
  3. humaneness
  4. humanenesses
  5. humaner
  6. humanesque
  7. humanest
  8. humanewash
  9. humanewashed
  10. humanewashes
  11. humanewashing

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