Michelangelesque
/ˌmaɪkəlænd͡ʒəˈlɛsk/
Michelangelesque adjective: resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
Adjective
Michelangelesque (comparative more Michelangelesque, superlative most Michelangelesque)
- Resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
- The lady in question, at all events, with her slightly Michaelangelesque squareness, her eyes of other days, her full lips, her long neck, her recorded jewels, her brocaded and wasted reds, was a very great personage—only unaccompanied by a joy. And she was dead, dead, dead.1902 August 21, Henry James, chapter XI, in The Wings of the Dove, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book fifth, page 242
Forms of Michelangelesque
| comparative | more Michelangelesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Michelangelesque |
| alternative form | Michelangeloesque |
Origin of Michelangelesque
From Michelangelo + -esque.
Words that rhyme with Michelangelesque
- desk
- Esk
- grotesque
- Kafkaesque
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- Austenesque
- blottesque
- Caravaggesque
- Chauceresque
- Daliesque
- Decameronesque
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Questions about Michelangelesque
- What does Michelangelesque mean?
- Michelangelesque means resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
- What part of speech is Michelangelesque?
- Michelangelesque is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Michelangelesque?
- Michelangelesque is pronounced /ˌmaɪkəlænd͡ʒəˈlɛsk/.
Words near Michelangelesque in the dictionary
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