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Shelleyesque

Shelleyesque adjective: reminiscent of the works or style of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet, or of Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.

Adjective

Shelleyesque (comparative more Shelleyesque, superlative most Shelleyesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works or style of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet, or of Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.

Forms of Shelleyesque

comparativemore Shelleyesque
superlativemost Shelleyesque

Origin of Shelleyesque

From Shelley + -esque.

Questions about Shelleyesque

What does Shelleyesque mean?
Shelleyesque means reminiscent of the works or style of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet, or of Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.
What part of speech is Shelleyesque?
Shelleyesque is an adjective.

Words near Shelleyesque in the dictionary

  1. shellers
  2. Shelley
  3. Shelley Woodhouse
  4. Shelleyan
  5. Shelleyana
  6. Shelleyesque
  7. shellfire
  8. shellfires
  9. shellfish
  10. shellfisher
  11. shellfisheries

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