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Pollackesque

Pollackesque adjective: resembling the paintings of Jackson Pollack.

Adjective

Pollackesque (comparative more Pollackesque, superlative most Pollackesque)

  1. Resembling the paintings of Jackson Pollack.
    • At the time of the police investigation, the only “artwork” found were pre-Pollackesque spatters of blood on the previously pristine white walls.2005, Ronnie Burkett, Provenance, page 21
    • When you finally find the “hot” baitfish pattern, all too often, a large fish will chew it to a Pollackesque mosaic of marabou, tinsel, and Flashabou.2010, Jeff Morgan, Productive Trout Flies for Unorthodox Prey: Ecology & Imitation, page 33

Forms of Pollackesque

comparativemore Pollackesque
superlativemost Pollackesque

Origin of Pollackesque

From Pollack + -esque.

Questions about Pollackesque

What does Pollackesque mean?
Pollackesque means resembling the paintings of Jackson Pollack.
What part of speech is Pollackesque?
Pollackesque is an adjective.

Words near Pollackesque in the dictionary

  1. pollable
  2. pollack
  3. pollack whale
  4. pollack whales
  5. pollacked
  6. Pollackesque
  7. pollacking
  8. pollacks
  9. Pollaczek-Khinchine formula
  10. pollage
  11. pollages

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