sultanesqueadj.
/sʌltəˈnɛsk/ Characteristic of a sultan.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective]
wlonkOE
kine-wurtheOE
reala1325
rialc1330
royalc1400
wlonkfulc1400
statelyc1415
pompousc1425
imperial?1435
pontificalc1440
sumptuous1472
magnific1490
magnificenta1530
statelike1534
pompatic1535
magnificala1538
princely1539
portly1548
regal1561
queen-like?1571
haughty1585
portlike1587
Minerva-like1598
lustrous1605
pompatical1610
pontificial1613
commandinga1616
pompal1616
grand1622
splendid1624
pontifician1629
regifical1656
queenly1791
presidential1804
angeliferous1837
slashing1854
sultanesque1862
pageanted1902
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > characteristic of sultan
sultanesque1862
1862 G. A. Lawrence Barren Honour I. vii. 147 After a superb and sultanesque fashion.
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 303/2 His Sultan-esque proposal [of marriage].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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- thorougher
- thoroughest
- thoroughfare
- thoroughfare town
- thoroughfared
- thoroughfarer
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- thoroughfaresome
- thoroughfaring
- thoroughfaring town
- thoroughfelt
- thoroughfoot
- thoroughformed
- thoroughfought
- thoroughgoer
- thoroughgoing
- thoroughgoingly
- thoroughgoingness
- thoroughgonimble
- thoroughhearted
- thoroughheartedness
- thoroughhumble