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Dantesque
[ dan-tesk ]
adjective
- in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
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- pseudo-Dan·tesque adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dantesque1
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Example Sentences
It has been called a weird Dantesque funeral-march over the whole heathen world; but it is more than that.
In the eighty-acre horse pasture the pony with the Dantesque face grew fat and almost smiling.
If you object to my phrase, please to observe that it is Dantesque—which will oblige you to find it admirable.
Some day he will rediscover the Dantesque hierarchy of souls implicit in humanity.
Distinctly Dantesque was the gulf between the huge mountain sides which threatened every moment to fall.
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