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Michelangelesque
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michelangelesque
English
Alternative forms
en Michelangeloesque
Etymology
en :af Michelangelo -esque + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌmaɪkəlænd͡ʒəˈlɛsk/, mī'kl-ăn-jə-lĕskʹ
en ɛsk 5
Adjective
Resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
I XI 242 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.
Translations
resembling or relating to Michelangelo
Czech: cs Michelangelův
French: fr michelangelesque, fr michelangesque
Hungarian: hu michelangelói
Italian: it michelangiolesco
Portuguese: pt miguel-angelesco
Russian: ru микела́нджеловский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh микела̑нђеловскӣ
Latin: sh michelȃngelovskī
Spanish: es miguelangelesco
en eponyms