Dantesque

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English

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Etymology

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From Dante +‎ -esque.

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Dantesque (comparative more Dantesque, superlative most Dantesque)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus.
    • 2023 March 25, Ashifa Kassam, “‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:
      “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other. It’s a spectacle, a Dantesque spectacle.”

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