Marlowesque
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Showing dramatic, poetic language and bold themes like Christopher Marlowe's plays
- adjective
- /ˌmɑrloʊˈɛsk/
- Literature
:
marlowesco
- And this ambition alone invests their undertaking... with a certain Marlowesque madness."
Examples
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His play features a Marlowesque blend of tragedy and profound human emotion.
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The film was praised for its Marlowesque dialogue, filled with dark wit and complexity.
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Her novel reflects a Marlowesque style, intertwining poetic language with dramatic tension.
Synonyms
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Like Christopher Marlowe's plays and poems, showing dark ambition and bold language
is formed with an -esque ending to show resemblance to that author's style
How Marlowesque
Marlowesque
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Surface Forms
Marlowesque positive
Morphology
Etymology
Marlowesque comes from the name Marlowe (the playwright Christopher Marlowe) plus the ending -esque, which means 'in the style of', as in picturesque. So Marlowesque helps you remember something that is dramatic and poetic, like Marlowe's plays.