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Voldemortesque

Voldemortesque adjective: having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.

Adjective

Voldemortesque (comparative more Voldemortesque, superlative most Voldemortesque)

  1. Having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
    • January is when most dwellers are seriously starting to look rather Voldemortesque avec alabaster lustre.2012, Karen De Villiers, "In the leaving", The South African, Issue 445, 10 January 2012 - 16 January 2012, page 6
    • Then, a Voldemortesque colleague steals the gene from the axolotl lab and develops a technique to splice it into to^([sic]) mouse DNA.2013 April 11, Jef Akst, “Review: Errors of the Human Body”, in The Scientist

Synonyms of Voldemortesque

Forms of Voldemortesque

comparativemore Voldemortesque
superlativemost Voldemortesque
alternative formVoldemort-esque

Origin of Voldemortesque

From Voldemort + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Voldemortish.

Questions about Voldemortesque

What does Voldemortesque mean?
Voldemortesque means having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
What part of speech is Voldemortesque?
Voldemortesque is an adjective.

Words near Voldemortesque in the dictionary

  1. Voldemort
  2. Voldemort type
  3. Voldemort types
  4. Voldemort-esque
  5. Voldemorted
  6. Voldemortesque
  7. Voldemortian
  8. Voldemorting
  9. Voldemortish
  10. Voldemorts
  11. Volden

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