Hogwartsesque

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Hogwarts-esque.

   The first X-Men movie already showed a Hogwartsesque Xavier school, and I'm pretty sure that preceded any involvement by Morrison in the comics.

   2005 January 8, Bill Svitavsky, “Astonishing X-Men # 7--It's allwrite.”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe (Usenet)

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   Snobbery and sex are long-term inhabitants at Tatham’s – the arcane, Hogwartsesque institution based on Winchester College where Gale went to school.

   2006, Carolyn Hart, “The World of Friendly Fire”, in Patrick Gale, Friendly Fire, Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 5

   I am at pains to point out that he is going to a state school so any poshness is entirely free and unavoidable. Although it does have a separate manor house for the 6th formers which is a bit Hogwartsesque.

   2007 July 12, bren, “Re: My First Grandaughter :)”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet)

   The five sunny rooms overlook the manicured grounds; two are reached via a Hogwartsesque spiral staircase, and breakfast is served in the 16th-century dining hall with its original stone hearth and Victorian range.

   2009, David Else, Oliver Berry, Fionn Davenport, Belinda Dixon, Peter Dragicevich, Nana Luckham, Etain O’Carroll, Neil Wilson, England, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 741, column 2

   Buildings include a Victorian chapel, elegant Georgiana, seventies girls’ school and a Hogwartsesque panelled dining hall, with a glitter ball still hanging from the rafters after the parents’ disco.

   2010, The Good Schools Guide, 15th edition, Lucas Publications, →ISBN, pages 401–402

   New addition Kathy Bates plays real historical New Orleans slave master and serial killer Delphine LaLaurie, a women^([sic]) far more terrifying than her role in Misery, although for the moment she seems to be safely under the control of the “Supreme” Fiona (Jessica Lange), a witch of unusual power. Fiona has returned to the Academy with the aim of teaching the younger generation of witches (Emma Roberts, Taissa Farmiga and Gabourey Sidibe) how to stand up for themselves, much to the irritation of her daughter Cordelia (Sarah Paulson), the school’s current headmistress. If that sounds cosily Hogwartsesque, it definitely isn’t.

   2013 November 6, Ellen E Jones, “Last Night’s Viewing”, in The Independent, number 8448, page 45