shamanesque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shaman +‎ -esque

Adjective[edit]

shamanesque (comparative more shamanesque, superlative most shamanesque)

  1. In the manner of a shaman.
    • 2007 August 2, Julia Chaplin, “A New Tribe of Tepee Dwellers”, in New York Times[1]:
      His shamanesque installers are two brothers who live in tepees on a squat in the Ibizan forest, and who cleanse new tepees with sage burning and song.

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