Thurberesque

comparative more Thurberesque · superlative most Thurberesque

1. Characteristic of James Thurber or the world depicted in his cartoons and plays.

   There is a neurological condition, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, causing Thurberesque hallucinations.

   2002, Delene Bost, The Possession of Mr. Rouse, page 111

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   Winch (1958)", for example, divided families into four random groupings varying from the wife-dominated 'Thurberesque' marital relationship to the husband-dominated 'Ibsenian'.

   1976, Rosemary Scott, The female consumer, page 135

   It highlights and emphasizes what it wishes to in order to create a Thurberesque vision of reason in conflict with the irrational.

   1988, Robert Emmet Long, James Thurber, page 131

   A bow tie apparently proclaims a man to be witty, brilliant, perhaps a chap of Thurberesque genius.

   2012, Gregg Stebben, The Man's Playbook