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Mantuanesque
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English
Etymology
From en Mantuan esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.
Adjective
en literature Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.
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