Mantuanesque

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English

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Etymology

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Mantuan +‎ -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

Adjective

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Mantuanesque (comparative more Mantuanesque, superlative most Mantuanesque)

  1. (literature) Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the "Good Shepherd", as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.