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Lovecraftesque

Lovecraftesque adjective: reminiscent of the works of American horror, science fiction and fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937).

Adjective

Lovecraftesque (comparative more Lovecraftesque, superlative most Lovecraftesque)

  1. (rare) Reminiscent of the works of American horror, science fiction and fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937).
    • [See title] Has anyone else out there read Thomas Tessier's "In Praise of Folly" in the anthology, "Metahorror." I'm probably reading a lot into it, but it seemed awfully Lovecraftian to me.1994 February 5, James Anthony Maysonett, “Best Lovecraftesque Story”, in alt.horror.cthulhu (Usenet)
    • Really, I think the whole "plot holes," discussion, which seems to be focusing on the vanities necessary to move the movie along (roughly like one of those Lovecraftesque stories that ends with something like "...as I write this, I can hear it on the stairs...I...it comes! It comes! It--") is kind...1999 July 20, V-X, “LIST BLAIR WITCH PLOT HOLES - Possible Spoilers”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet)

Forms of Lovecraftesque

comparativemore Lovecraftesque
superlativemost Lovecraftesque

Origin of Lovecraftesque

From Lovecraft + -esque.

Questions about Lovecraftesque

What does Lovecraftesque mean?
Lovecraftesque means reminiscent of the works of American horror, science fiction and fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937).
What part of speech is Lovecraftesque?
Lovecraftesque is an adjective.

Words near Lovecraftesque in the dictionary

  1. Lovech
  2. lovechild
  3. lovechildren
  4. Lovecraft
  5. Lovecraft Country
  6. Lovecraftesque
  7. Lovecraftian
  8. Lovecraftiana
  9. Lovecraftians
  10. lovecrafty
  11. loved

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