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Tristanesque

Tristanesque adjective: resembling Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

Adjective

Tristanesque (comparative more Tristanesque, superlative most Tristanesque)

  1. Resembling Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

Forms of Tristanesque

comparativemore Tristanesque
superlativemost Tristanesque

Origin of Tristanesque

From Tristan + -esque.

Questions about Tristanesque

What does Tristanesque mean?
Tristanesque means resembling Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
What part of speech is Tristanesque?
Tristanesque is an adjective.

Words near Tristanesque in the dictionary

  1. Tristach
  2. Tristan
  3. Tristan chord
  4. Tristan chords
  5. Tristan da Cunha
  6. Tristanesque
  7. Tristanian
  8. Tristanians
  9. Tristans
  10. tristar
  11. tristate

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