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museumesque

museumesque adjective: museumlike.

Adjective

museumesque (comparative more museumesque, superlative most museumesque)

  1. (rare) Museumlike.
    • The slightly dead, museumesque atmosphere that lies about so much of the Castle...1947, George Scott-Moncrieff, Edinburgh
    • He smiled, inexplicably relieved to see signs of humanity in this museumesque environment.2006, Robert Liparulo, Comes a Horseman

Forms of museumesque

comparativemore museumesque
superlativemost museumesque

Origin of museumesque

From museum + -esque.

Questions about museumesque

What does museumesque mean?
Museumesque means museumlike.
What part of speech is museumesque?
Museumesque is an adjective.

Words near museumesque in the dictionary

  1. museum restoration
  2. museum-goer
  3. museum-goers
  4. museumed
  5. museumed out
  6. museumesque
  7. museumgoer
  8. museumgoers
  9. museumgoing
  10. museumification
  11. museumified

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