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tribalesque

tribalesque adjective: suggesting something tribal and primitive.

Adjective

tribalesque (comparative more tribalesque, superlative most tribalesque)

  1. Suggesting something tribal and primitive.
    • Woodson, with her tale of three pseudo-tough girls in Queens, cares less about plot than does Murphy, with her longer, more traditionally paced novel about two girls who toughen up by painting their faces with tribalesque “war paint” and learning by the end of the novel that part of growing up is...2008 May 11, “Something Wild”, in New York Times

Forms of tribalesque

comparativemore tribalesque
superlativemost tribalesque

Origin of tribalesque

From tribal + -esque.

Questions about tribalesque

What does tribalesque mean?
Tribalesque means suggesting something tribal and primitive.
What part of speech is tribalesque?
Tribalesque is an adjective.

Words near tribalesque in the dictionary

  1. tribal histories
  2. tribal history
  3. tribal house
  4. tribal tattoo
  5. tribal tattoos
  6. tribalesque
  7. tribalisation
  8. tribalise
  9. tribalised
  10. tribalises
  11. tribalising

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