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Oxfordesque
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English
Etymology
From en Oxford esque. en Oxfordish.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the University of Oxford.
1994, Tom Bradley, Acting Alone, BrownTrout Publishers, Inc., 1563134446 (hardcover), 1563137232 (softcover), chapter 10, cqZgPvNy0O8C 87 Oxfordesque:
Yes, the sudden, forced move to the sleazy new building at the unfashionable end of campus, after their splendid Oxfordesque castle had been co-opted by the fascists, had definitely taken a constipating effect on the flow of ideas in and around the Anthropology Department.
en 2006 Roger L. Geiger Christian K. Anderson Building an Icon: The Rise and Fall of John G. Bowman, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, 1921-1945 Iconic Leaders in Higher Education https://books.google.com/books?id=7akQj9v3AOYC&pg=PA142&dq=%22Oxfordesque%22 142 Transaction Publishers 2011 9781412846394 Edward Mellon's drawings depicted the tall structure Bowman required, but also included a number of odd-shaped Oxfordesque quadrangles surrounding the structure.
en 2010 Becky Garrison Jesus Died for This?: A Satirist's Search for the Risen Christ https://books.google.com/books?id=AXwwB11q9zkC&pg=PA52&dq=%22Oxfordesque%22 52 Zondervan 9780310292890 I did tour Kent University, Somehow I expected something more Oxfordesque and Anglican, but this place looked like a cookie-cutter community college.