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-esque
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| -esque | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| indicating a specified character, manner, style, or resemblance: picturesque; Romanesque; statuesque; Chaplinesque | |
| [via French from Italian -esco, of Germanic origin; compare | |
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Word Origin & History
-esque
Fr. -esque "like, in the manner of," from It. -esco, like M.L. -iscus from a Germanic source (cf. O.H.G. -isc, Ger. -isch, English -ish (see -ish).
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