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Stoppardesque

Stoppardesque adjective: reminiscent of the works of Czech–English playwright Tom Stoppard.

Adjective

Stoppardesque (comparative more Stoppardesque, superlative most Stoppardesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Czech–English playwright Tom Stoppard.
    • This is a Tom Stoppardesque bull session.2022 November 28, Dwight Garner, “Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel”, in The New York Times (Fiction section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of Stoppardesque

comparativemore Stoppardesque
superlativemost Stoppardesque

Origin of Stoppardesque

From Stoppard + -esque.

Questions about Stoppardesque

What does Stoppardesque mean?
Stoppardesque means reminiscent of the works of Czech–English playwright Tom Stoppard.
What part of speech is Stoppardesque?
Stoppardesque is an adjective.

Words near Stoppardesque in the dictionary

  1. stoppage time
  2. stoppage times
  3. stoppages
  4. stoppaniite
  5. Stoppard
  6. Stoppardesque
  7. Stoppardian
  8. stopped
  9. stopped and smelled the flowers
  10. stopped and smelled the roses
  11. stopped and smelt the flowers

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