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Monroesque

Monroesque adjective: resembling Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress and model.

Adjective

Monroesque (comparative more Monroesque, superlative most Monroesque)

  1. Resembling Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress and model.
    • Her posture, I concede, is strikingly Monroesque, though that evidently is no claim to individuality after Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and a hundred other clones of the Platonic Monroesque ideal.1996, Tabish Khair, An Angel in Pyjamas, HarperCollins Publishers India, →ISBN, page 75
    • Investing in some fabulous and clever lingerie can help fast-track you to Monroesque curves.2006, Cherry Maslen, Linda Bird, Cellulite Solutions: Tips and Techniques to Lose the Lumps, Perigee Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 94

Examples of Monroesque in a sentence

  • Seeing the Monroesque blonde beauty from Saginaw, Michigan, distributing fliers for the JATP concert outside the city’s Municipal Auditorium, he immediately fell in love.2011, Tad Hershorn, Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 122:
  • As tall as Brian, she was a natural honey blonde with Monroesque curves.2019, JB. Woods, Rebound, Lulu, page 189:

Forms of Monroesque

comparativemore Monroesque
superlativemost Monroesque

Origin of Monroesque

From Monroe + -esque.

Questions about Monroesque

What does Monroesque mean?
Monroesque means resembling Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress and model.
How do you use Monroesque in a sentence?
Seeing the Monroesque blonde beauty from Saginaw, Michigan, distributing fliers for the JATP concert outside the city’s Municipal Auditorium, he immediately fell in love.
What part of speech is Monroesque?
Monroesque is an adjective.

Words near Monroesque in the dictionary

  1. Monroeisms
  2. Monroeist
  3. Monroeistic
  4. Monroeists
  5. Monroemania
  6. Monroesque
  7. Monroeville
  8. monrolite
  9. Monrovia
  10. Monrovian
  11. Monrovians

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