Potteresque

Adjective

Potteresque (comparative more Potteresque, superlative most Potteresque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.
   • A young teen who reads Rowling’s books, for example, might seek a Potteresque type of excitement by joining the London-based Ordo Anno Mundi (OAM), a sect of occultists who practice Ophidian Witchcraft (i.e., serpent-venerating). Like Hogwarts, which takes its wizards through seven years of...2001, Richard Abanes, Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace behind the Magick, Camp Hill, Pa.: Horizon Books, →ISBN, pages 126–127
   • Joanne was delighted at the choice of Daniel as she was with the ten-year-old Emma Watson and eleven-year-old Rupert Grint – a Potteresque name if ever there was one – to play Hermione and Ron.2001, Sean Smith, J. K. Rowling: A Biography, Michael O’Mara Books Limited, →ISBN, page 178

   Synonyms:

   Harry Potteresque, Harry Potterish

2. Resembling or characteristic of the eponymous fictional character Harry Potter from the series.
   • With ages ranging from an angelic 18 months old up to 11, there was a cluster of capes, a clutter of broomsticks – one or two Nimbus 2000s among them – and a veritable sea of Potter[-]esque glasses.2001 November 16, Gareth Dant, “Doubles enjoy a wizard evening”, in The Northern Echo, Darlington, Durham, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 1
   • One article declares that “Harry Potter has had a positive effect on the eye health of children around the world.” Kids wearing glasses are no longer the victims of playground banter. Potteresque glasses with extra-thick round frames are cool.2009, Anne Galligan, “Pottermania: The Marketing behind the Magic”, in Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers, 6th edition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Bedford/St....

   Synonyms:

   Harry Potteresque, Harry Potterish

3. Resembling or characteristic of English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist Dennis Potter (1935–1994).
   • Dennis Potter has now defeated this shabby scheme by exposing it, though we must not be too sure that he has actually done us a good turn, because in the next sentence he tells us that the whole dirty deal ‘is an understandable and sometimes legitimate one within the framework and momentum of...1984, Brian Walden, “Potter and Potterism”, in Andrew Billen, Mark Skipworth, editors, Oxford Type: An Anthology of Isis, the Oxford University Magazine, Robson Books, →ISBN, page 156
   • But Millar, the director, who has a lovely touch with Dodgson and the Dean’s little daughters, doesn’t seem to know what to make of Potter’s quirky affection for Hollywood’s exhausted conventions, and Mrs. Hargreaves’ Potteresque adventures in the Art Deco New York wonderland have wobbly tonalities.1994, Pauline Kael, For Keeps, Dutton, →ISBN, page 1085
4. Resembling or characteristic of English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist Beatrix Potter (1866–1943).
   • The story is purely “Potteresque”: a morality tale in which the inescapable moral is neatly evaded. . . . Beatrix Potter’s tongue-in-cheek humor is still as fresh as it was in 1903.1974 March 6, Jennifer Farley Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, page F2; quoted in Ann Block and Carolyn Riley, editors, Children’s Literature Review: Excerpts from Reviews, Criticism, and...
   • Miss Lloyd, becomingly arrayed in dull pink, sat behind the big table looking very like a Beatrix Potter mouse. […] More Potteresque than ever, Miss Lloyd rocked back on her chair, peeling with merriment, as though it were the greatest of jokes, then broke off in ladylike confusion.1987, Katharine Hill, Ladies’ Chain, Love Stories Ltd., →ISBN, page 80

   Synonyms:

   Beatrix Potteresque, Beatrix Potterish