Meanings
adjectivedolphinesque (comparative more dolphinesque, superlative most dolphinesque)
comparative more dolphinesque · superlative most dolphinesque · alternative dolphin-esque
- Resembling or characteristic of dolphins.
Moving deliberately, the fish gave one smooth dolphinesque leap, spit out the hook, and reentered the water without a splash.
1987, John Treadwell Nichols, A Fragile Beauty: John Nichols' Milagro Country: Text and Photographs From His Life and Work, Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith Books, →ISBN, page 95
Origin
From dolphin + -esque. Piecewise doublet of dolphinish.
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APA
dolphinesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolphinesque
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Chicago
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