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Bowiesque
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English
Etymology
From en Bowie esque.
Pronunciation
en /boʊiˈɛsk/
Adjective
Reminiscent of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor, or his work; glamorous; eclectic; innovative.
en 2022 James Rovira Laughing with a Mouth of Blood Sherry R. Truffin Women in Rock, Women in Romanticism Taylor & Francis 9781000688832 10.4324/9781003204855-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=zYWDEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168&dq=%22Bowiesque%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Bowiesque%22&f=false St. Vincent has been lauded as a “Bowiesque shapeshifter” and champion of queer identity and aesthetics, and she has been faulted for concealing a lack of substance beneath an aura of “mystique.”
Related terms
en Bowiean
en eponyms