ESQUE

-esque. Etym: [F., fr. It. -isco. Cf. -ish.]

Definition: A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 October 2024

CORRUGATED

(adjective) shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; “the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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