Brontësque

adjective

Reminiscent of the style of any or all of the Brontë sisters, English writers of the 1840s and 1850s.

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Meanings

adjectiveBrontësque (comparative more Brontësque, superlative most Brontësque)

comparative more Brontësque · superlative most Brontësque · alternative Brontesque

  1. Reminiscent of the style of any or all of the Brontë sisters, English writers of the 1840s and 1850s.

    All her utterances, where there is any feeling in them, no matter what, have a poignancy, a vibration which is Brontësque and nothing more. And this Brontësque quality is what the theorists have (like Madame Héger, and possibly Monsieur) neither allowed for nor understood.

    2019 November 29, May Sinclair, The Three Brontës: Unveiling the Literary Legacy of Britain's Beloved Sibling Writers, Good Press

Origin

From Brontë + -esque.

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