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Whitmanese

Whitmanese noun: the characteristic writing style of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

Noun

Whitmanese (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic writing style of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

Origin of Whitmanese

From Whitman + -ese.

Questions about Whitmanese

What does Whitmanese mean?
Whitmanese means the characteristic writing style of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).
What part of speech is Whitmanese?
Whitmanese is a noun.

Words near Whitmanese in the dictionary

  1. Whitman County
  2. Whitman Sampler
  3. Whitman Samplers
  4. Whitman's Sampler
  5. Whitman's Samplers
  6. Whitmanese
  7. Whitmanesque
  8. Whitmania
  9. Whitmaniac
  10. Whitmaniacs
  11. Whitmanian

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