Oxfordesque
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of the University of Oxford.
"Yes, the sudden, forced move to the sleazy new building at the unfashionable end of campus, after their splendid Oxfordesque castle had been co-opted by the fascists, had definitely taken a constipating effect on the flow of ideas in and around the Anthropology Department."
Example
More examples"Yes, the sudden, forced move to the sleazy new building at the unfashionable end of campus, after their splendid Oxfordesque castle had been co-opted by the fascists, had definitely taken a constipating effect on the flow of ideas in and around the Anthropology Department."
Etymology
From Oxford + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordish.
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