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Sauronesque

Sauronesque adjective: having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.

Adjective

Sauronesque (comparative more Sauronesque, superlative most Sauronesque)

  1. Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.
    • This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne.1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 104, numbers 10-14, page 146
    • And it's not the only Sauronesque Bush program2003 January 2, Noah Shachtman, “Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance”, in Wired

Forms of Sauronesque

comparativemore Sauronesque
superlativemost Sauronesque

Origin of Sauronesque

From Sauron + -esque.

Questions about Sauronesque

What does Sauronesque mean?
Sauronesque means having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.
What part of speech is Sauronesque?
Sauronesque is an adjective.

Words near Sauronesque in the dictionary

  1. Sauromatia
  2. Sauromatian
  3. Sauromatians
  4. Sauromatic
  5. Sauron
  6. Sauronesque
  7. Saurons
  8. saurophagous
  9. saurophilia
  10. sauropod
  11. sauropodian

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