divaesque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

diva +‎ -esque

Adjective[edit]

divaesque (comparative more divaesque, superlative most divaesque)

  1. Reminiscent of a diva.
    • 2009 October 7, A. O. Scott, “Wallowing in Misery for Art’s Sake”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      (“Tell Me Who You Are”), about a wealthy Malian family in crisis, has some fascinating Almodóvarian overtones, and it is enlivened by the extravagant, divaesque dignity of Sokona Gakou in the role of a woman on the verge of a marital breakdown.
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