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Twainesque

Twainesque adjective: reminiscent of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 1835–1910), American author and humorist, or his works.

Adjective

Twainesque (comparative more Twainesque, superlative most Twainesque)

  1. Reminiscent of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 1835–1910), American author and humorist, or his works.
    • Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches.2007, Darryl Brock, If I Never Get Back, page 22

Synonyms of Twainesque

Forms of Twainesque

comparativemore Twainesque
superlativemost Twainesque

Origin of Twainesque

From Twain + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Twainish.

Questions about Twainesque

What does Twainesque mean?
Twainesque means reminiscent of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 1835–1910), American author and humorist, or his works.
What part of speech is Twainesque?
Twainesque is an adjective.

Words near Twainesque in the dictionary

  1. twain
  2. twain cloud
  3. twain clouds
  4. Twain Harte
  5. twained
  6. Twainesque
  7. Twainian
  8. Twainiana
  9. twaining
  10. Twainish
  11. twains

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