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Romeo and Julietesque

Romeo and Julietesque is the alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.

Meaning of Romeo and Juliet-esque

Adjective

Romeo and Juliet-esque or Romeo and Juliet-esque (comparative more Romeo and Juliet-esque, superlative most Romeo and Juliet-esque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare or its eponymous protagonists.
    • SHALOM SALAAM (9.30 pm BBC2) Apart from running the EastEnders’ shop, the Asian community doesn’t seem to exist on British TV. This Romeo and Juliet-esque story of the love between a Muslim girl and a Jewish boy, and the conflicts it causes, is certainly a step in the right direction.1989 April 22, Liz Anstee, “Timewatch: Look ahead with Liz; Our 7 day TV Guide: See how they run”, in South Wales Echo, number 39,668, Cardiff, →OCLC, page 32, column 3

Forms of Romeo and Julietesque

comparativemore Romeo and Julietesque
superlativemost Romeo and Julietesque

Questions about Romeo and Julietesque

What is Romeo and Julietesque the alternative form of?
Romeo and Julietesque is the alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.

Words near Romeo and Julietesque in the dictionary

  1. Romeo and Juliet couple
  2. Romeo and Juliet couples
  3. Romeo and Juliet law
  4. Romeo and Juliet laws
  5. Romeo and Juliet-esque
  6. Romeo and Julietesque
  7. Romeo pimp
  8. Romeo-and-Juliet-esque
  9. Romeo-and-Julietesque
  10. Romeoesque
  11. Romeos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Romeo and Julietesque (page history and authors); Romeo and Juliet-esque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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