Romeo and Julietesque

comparative more Romeo and Julietesque · superlative most Romeo and Julietesque

1. alternativeAlternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.

   Former ’Pegger Dan Wild costars in and local singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows score her renowned Romeo and Julietesque duet, Mischance and Fair Fortune; […]

   2007 January 25, “10 Spot”, in Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg, Man., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 6

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   “I was showing the space to another couple,” says Toni Sydor of Maplewood, New Jersey-based Extraordinary Events International. “And Polly and Will [the bridal couple] happened to be there. They were so Romeo and Julietesque—the way they acted, the way they were looking at each other. They were a very romantic couple. They really stood out.”

   1996, “Four from the Heart”, in Special Events Magazine, volume 15, Malibu, Calif.: Miramar Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36

   Or the young woman who insisted on marrying Leslie across the caste and religious barriers of their families, leading to an almost Romeo and Julietesque series of adventures: Vivi's incarceration at home, stolen meetings, and secret missives through the medium of an itinerant bookseller .

   1998, Jibrin Ibrahim, Charmaine Pereira, “On Dividing and Uniting: Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism in Africa”, in Nēthrā: A Non-specialist Journal for Lively Minds, volume 3, Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84

   Although for the first third of the book it looks as though a Romeo and Julietesque romance has doomed the rival Kinships Brandr and Halex to a grim future of peace and prosperity, a terrible mishap provides the opportunity for mutual recriminations that very quickly spiral into open warfare between Brandr and Halex.

   2014 July 10, James Nicoll, “The Kindly Ones by Melissa Scott”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025