Stoppardesque

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adjective

Reminiscent of the works of Czech–English playwright Tom Stoppard.

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Meanings

adjectiveStoppardesque (comparative more Stoppardesque, superlative most Stoppardesque)

comparative more Stoppardesque · superlative most Stoppardesque

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Czech–English playwright Tom Stoppard.

    This is a Tom Stoppardesque bull session.

    2022 November 28, Dwight Garner, “Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel”, in The New York Times (Fiction section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

From Stoppard + -esque.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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