Michelangelesque
//ˌmaɪkəlænd͡ʒəˈlɛsk// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
"The lady in question, at all events, with her slightly Michaelangelesque squareness, her eyes of other days, her full lips, her long neck, her recorded jewels, her brocaded and wasted reds, was a very great personage—only unaccompanied by a joy. And she was dead, dead, dead."
Adjective
- 1 in the manner of Michelangelo wordnet
Example
More examples"The lady in question, at all events, with her slightly Michaelangelesque squareness, her eyes of other days, her full lips, her long neck, her recorded jewels, her brocaded and wasted reds, was a very great personage—only unaccompanied by a joy. And she was dead, dead, dead."
Etymology
From Michelangelo + -esque.
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