Twainesque

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Reminiscent of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 1835–1910), American author and humorist, or his works.

    "Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches."

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mark twainishtwainish

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"Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches."

Etymology

From Twain + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Twainish.

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