Bowiesque

English

Etymology

Bowie +‎ -esque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʊiˈɛsk/

Adjective

Bowiesque (comparative more Bowiesque, superlative most Bowiesque)

1. Reminiscent of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician and actor, or his work; glamorous; eclectic; innovative.
   • 2022, Sherry R. Truffin, “Laughing with a Mouth of Blood”, in James Rovira, editor, Women in Rock, Women in Romanticism‎^[1], Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISBN:

     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

• Bowiean