Romeo-and-Julietesque

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.

   Tempers would escalate, lines would be drawn, and this budding romance would turn into some Romeo-and-Julietesque grand passion.

   1998, Bernhardt, William, 1960-, Naked justice, page 56

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   With the women, of course, costuming was simple. It’s simply wonderful what a Romeo-and-Julietesque effect one can attain by the simple process of winding a string of blue beads around the north-east corner of a curly blonde head and draping a pink kimono over a skirt and waist; […]

   1917 January 11, “Plays ‘Romey-oh and—’: Shakespeare’s Tragedy in the Movies a Burlesque. […]”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 37, number 116, Kansas City, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 1

   ‘You have not “fucked up”,’ Jess began, trying not to dwell on the notion of their relationship being described in a doomed Romeo-and-Julietesque way. ‘You were just led by your emotions and did—’

   2002, Gilmour, Susie, Holding out or giving in, page 83