Lombardi-esque
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having the style or manner of one named Lombardi, especially of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American football coach.
"Some of the more bizarre rankings include the top 10 coaching lessons small-college coach Bill Van Gundy laid upon his sons, Jeff and Stan—with No. 5 being a Lombardi-esque “Winning is all-important.”"
- 2 Resembling or like the Lombardi trophy.
"Players were still passing out “Gator Bowl Champions” hats and celebrating with their Lombardi-esque trophy when Muschamp, speaking to the roughly 10,000 fans lingering in the stands, didn't fully buy into the revelry."
Example
More examples"Some of the more bizarre rankings include the top 10 coaching lessons small-college coach Bill Van Gundy laid upon his sons, Jeff and Stan—with No. 5 being a Lombardi-esque “Winning is all-important.”"
Etymology
From Lombardi + -esque.
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