Daliesque

adjective

Da·​li·​esque ¦dä-lē-¦esk 

: resembling or suggesting the painting of the surrealist artist Dali : befitting the exotic contents of such painting

a pair of feathers stuck at a Daliesque angle in holes pierced in each nostril

—Time

a Daliesque landscape of stunted pines, twisted cripples of the tree world, and strangely shaped gray-black rocks

—Maud Oakes

Word History

Etymology

Salvador Dali, born 1904 Spanish painter + English -esque

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Rhymes for Daliesque

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• romanesque
• statuesque
• burlesque
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