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-esque

 
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an adjective suffix indicating style, manner, resemblance, or distinctive character: arabesque; Romanesque; picturesque.
Origin:
< F < It -esco ≪ Gmc; see -ish 1
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-esque  
suff.  In the manner of; resembling: Lincolnesque.

[French, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin *-iscus, of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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