Meaning & use
-esque
Added to a noun to mean "in the style of" or "resembling" that thing.
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The building's Gaudi-esque towers twisted upward in strange, dreamlike curves.
Her painting had a Picasso-esque quality, with fractured shapes and bold color.
A note on using this word
"-esque" typically attaches to proper nouns, especially artists' names, to describe something reminiscent of their distinctive style.
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