Meaning & use
Daliesque
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Resembling the surreal, dreamlike style of the artist Salvador Dalí.
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The melting clocks in the painting gave it a distinctly Daliesque quality.
Critics described the film's bizarre dream sequence as Daliesque.
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Formed from the surname of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, joining a family of artist-derived adjectives like 'Kafkaesque' and 'Orwellian.'
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