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otteresque

otteresque adjective: resembling or characteristic of otters.

Adjective

otteresque (comparative more otteresque, superlative most otteresque)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of otters.
    • And her box emitted another burst of otteresque chatter.2015 September, Stanley Schmidt, “Night Ride and Sunrise: Part II of IV”, in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, volume 135, number 9, page 84
    • Without her bulky jacket, Robin was slender and small, with narrow hips and a long, graceful, otteresque neck, but Wayne had the feeling surprising strength lurked in her wiry body.2020, S. A. Hunt, Burn the Dark (ebook), Tor Publishing Group, unnumbered page

Forms of otteresque

comparativemore otteresque
superlativemost otteresque

Origin of otteresque

From otter + -esque.

Questions about otteresque

What does otteresque mean?
Otteresque means resembling or characteristic of otters.
What part of speech is otteresque?
Otteresque is an adjective.

Words near otteresque in the dictionary

  1. otter trawling
  2. Otterbourne
  3. Otterburn
  4. Otterburns
  5. Otterden
  6. otteresque
  7. Otterham
  8. otterhound
  9. otterhounds
  10. ottering
  11. Otterington

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