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Mantuanesque

Mantuanesque adjective: of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.

Adjective

Mantuanesque (comparative more Mantuanesque, superlative most Mantuanesque)

  1. Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.

Forms of Mantuanesque

comparativemore Mantuanesque
superlativemost Mantuanesque

Origin of Mantuanesque

From Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

Questions about Mantuanesque

What does Mantuanesque mean?
Mantuanesque means of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.
What part of speech is Mantuanesque?
Mantuanesque is an adjective.

Words near Mantuanesque in the dictionary

  1. mantua
  2. mantuamaker
  3. mantuamakers
  4. mantuamaking
  5. Mantuan
  6. Mantuanesque
  7. Mantuans
  8. mantuaries
  9. mantuary
  10. mantuas
  11. mantum

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