-esquesuffix

Primary stress is attracted to this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: late Middle English–1600s -eske, late Middle English– -esk, 1500s -escque, 1500s–1700s -esko, 1500s– -esque, 1600s–1700s -esco, 1600s–1700s -esq, 1600s–1800s -esc.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -esque.

Etymology: < French -esque < Italian -esco < post-classical Latin -iscus in words adopted from Germanic; compare Old High German -isc , German -isch (see -ish suffix¹).

Forming adjectives. Occurring in many words coming through French from Italian, as in arabesque, burlesque, Dantesque, grotesque, romanesque, where the suffix has the sense ‘resembling the style partaking of the characteristics of’. In Italian derivatives in -esco are formed ad libitum on names of artists, and French and English writers on art have imitated this practice. The words formed with this suffix on English nouns are chiefly nonce-words of a jocular character, as cigaresque. Other formations separately noticed include Audenesque, Bramantesque, Browningesque, Caravagg(i)esque, Carlylesque, Chaplinesque, Dantonesque, Dickensesque, Disneyesque, Macaulayesque, Turneresque.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	-esque
释义	-esquesuffix Primary stress is attracted to this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: late Middle English–1600s -eske, late Middle English– -esk, 1500s -escque, 1500s–1700s -esko, 1500s– -esque, 1600s–1700s -esco, 1600s–1700s -esq, 1600s–1800s -esc. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -esque. Etymology: < French -esque < Italian -esco < post-classical Latin -iscus in words adopted from Germanic; compare Old High German -isc , German -isch (see -ish suffix¹). Forming adjectives. Occurring in many words coming through French from Italian, as in arabesque, burlesque, Dantesque, grotesque, romanesque, where the suffix has the sense ‘resembling the style partaking of the characteristics of’. In Italian derivatives in -esco are formed ad libitum on names of artists, and French and English writers on art have imitated this practice. The words formed with this suffix on English nouns are chiefly nonce-words of a jocular character, as cigaresque. Other formations separately noticed include Audenesque, Bramantesque, Browningesque, Caravagg(i)esque, Carlylesque, Chaplinesque, Dantonesque, Dickensesque, Disneyesque, Macaulayesque, Turneresque. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < suffix
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