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Dan⋅tesque

  [dan-tesk]
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–adjective
in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
Origin:
1825–35; Dant(e) + -esque; cf. F dantesque, It dantesco
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Dan·te A·li·ghie·ri   (dän'tā ä'lē-gyě'rē)   
Italian poet whose masterpiece, The Divine Comedy (completed 1321), details his visionary progress through Hell and Purgatory, escorted by Virgil, and through Heaven, guided by his lifelong idealized love, Beatrice.
Dan'te·an adj. & n., Dan·tesque' (dän-těsk') adj.
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