Hemingwayesque
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist, or the understated quality of his prose or the themes he wrote about, including war, wilderness, love, and loss.
"White contrasted the spare, "chastened" Hemingwayesque school of straight writing with gay writers like Proust (and Edmund White too) who were "free to indulge in ornament.""
Adjective
- 1 in the manner of Ernest Hemingway wordnet
Example
More examples"White contrasted the spare, "chastened" Hemingwayesque school of straight writing with gay writers like Proust (and Edmund White too) who were "free to indulge in ornament.""
Etymology
From Hemingway + -esque.