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Tarzanic

Tarzanic adjective: reminiscent of, or befitting, the fictional character Tarzan; suggesting savage jungle life.

Adjective

Tarzanic (comparative more Tarzanic, superlative most Tarzanic)

  1. Reminiscent of, or befitting, the fictional character Tarzan; suggesting savage jungle life.
    • Yet Jazbo, the leading man, and Oomplatz, his philosophic friend, who are popping about from chair to chair and from divan to settee, making strange Tarzanic noises the while, will win all the admiration of the audiences.1919 October 5, The Chicago Sunday Tribune, page 1, column 3
    • Another book is coming shortly about hairy chests. It has been reported that chest wigs are now available in America for men insufficiently Tarzanic.1950 July 1, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, page 27, column 4

Examples of Tarzanic in a sentence

  • They have used this one-time hymn of the Republic as a spring board to Tarzanic debauchery, humour and a bit of entertainment.1992 November 26, The Canberra Times, page 20, column 6:
  • Sunbirds and butterflies flit, there are scrub turkeys rooting about the rainforest floor and a Tarzanic assembly of jungly vines and cabbage palms.2002 November 2, The Weekend Australian, Canberra, page 14:
  • "Some are hangovers from the Western media, which is imprisoned by a Eurocentric and Tarzanic view of Africa, designed deliberately to keep down the continent," he said.2008 November 28, BBC Monitoring Africa, London:

Forms of Tarzanic

comparativemore Tarzanic
superlativemost Tarzanic

Origin of Tarzanic

From Tarzan + -ic.

Questions about Tarzanic

What does Tarzanic mean?
Tarzanic means reminiscent of, or befitting, the fictional character Tarzan; suggesting savage jungle life.
How do you use Tarzanic in a sentence?
They have used this one-time hymn of the Republic as a spring board to Tarzanic debauchery, humour and a bit of entertainment.
What part of speech is Tarzanic?
Tarzanic is an adjective.

Words near Tarzanic in the dictionary

  1. Tarzanese
  2. Tarzanesque
  3. Tarzanian
  4. Tarzaniana
  5. Tarzanians
  6. Tarzanic
  7. Tarzaning
  8. Tarzanish
  9. Tarzanism
  10. Tarzanist
  11. Tarzanists

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