Meanings
adjectivegorillaesque (comparative more gorillaesque, superlative most gorillaesque)
comparative more gorillaesque · superlative most gorillaesque
- Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla (animal).
The man was short and stalky, with heavy, stooped shoulders and long arms that gave him a gorillaesque appearance.
1964 [1939], Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Leopard Pit” (chapter 8), in Tarzan the Magnificent, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, page 62Synonyms: gorillaish, gorillalike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a gorilla (animal).
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From gorilla + -esque. Piecewise doublet of gorillaish.
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