Kiplingesque

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adjective

Suggestive of Rudyard Kipling or his writings.

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Meanings

adjectiveKiplingesque (comparative more Kiplingesque, superlative most Kiplingesque)

comparative more Kiplingesque · superlative most Kiplingesque

  1. Suggestive of Rudyard Kipling or his writings.

    Furthermore, Brecht cut some of the more farcical elements and the rowdy Kiplingesque songs...

    1981, Michael Patterson, The Revolution in German Theatre, 1900-1933
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    The atmosphere is established in a truly Kiplingesque manner by the explanation of the first sketch — "A Retired Gentleman."

    1919, Catholic World

    He's been sucked in by all that Kiplingesque double-talk that transformed India from a place where plain ordinary greedy Englishmen carved something out...

    1975, Paul Scott, A Division of the Spoils

Origin

From Kipling + -esque.

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APA

Kiplingesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiplingesque

MLA

“Kiplingesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiplingesque. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiplingesque,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiplingesque.

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