Withnailesque
Withnailesque adjective: reminiscent of Withnail and I (1987), a British black comedy film about two young, unemployed, binge-drinking actors living in a squalid flat in 1960s London.
Adjective
Withnailesque (comparative more Withnailesque, superlative most Withnailesque)
- Reminiscent of Withnail and I (1987), a British black comedy film about two young, unemployed, binge-drinking actors living in a squalid flat in 1960s London.
- And seventy years later the last of Pentonville Road's original arch-windowed townhouses, two-million-quid jobs anywhere else, now wallowed in Withnailesque decay […]2003, Tim Moore, Do Not Pass Go, page 221
- A friendly duo, Sharon Ruston and James Kidd, ushered me into the distinctively Withnailesque student community in Liverpool, as well as the rudiments of the art of surviving in a crowded room where everyone's smoking, chatting, chanting and drinking (often simultaneously) […]2003, Rocco Coronato, Jonson Versus Bakhtin: Carnival and the Grotesque, page viii
Forms of Withnailesque
| comparative | more Withnailesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Withnailesque |
| alternative form | Withnail-esque |
Origin of Withnailesque
Invented surname Withnail + -esque
Questions about Withnailesque
- What does Withnailesque mean?
- Withnailesque means reminiscent of Withnail and I (1987), a British black comedy film about two young, unemployed, binge-drinking actors living in a squalid flat in 1960s London.
- What part of speech is Withnailesque?
- Withnailesque is an adjective.
Words near Withnailesque in the dictionary
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