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Batmanesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From Batman + -esque.

Meanings

1. Resembling or reminiscent of the DC superhero Batman or his media.
   • Remember when the dogs ate the kidnapped child's bones? Before that point, Rorshach was essentially "normal", Batmanesque (whether "Batmanesque" qualifies as "normal" is a discussion for another time.) 1998 May 18, bat...@earthlink.net, “Just read "Watchmen"...”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):
   • The ad shows a typical city scene at closing time as the pubs empty. A drunk-en girl lets go of some balloons, which drift up to the top of a tall building. A rubber-clad Batmanesque superhero arrives on the scene and performs a series of physical feats, clambering up scaffolding to get to the top of the building. 2008, Judie Lännan, editor, How Public Service Advertising Works, World Advertising Research Center, page 49:
   • Anyone out there been watchin this show? I think it is pretty good. Very different from what Disney has donein the past. It is kind of Batmanesque in nature and pretty violent. 1995 March 11, lipman john, ba amst, “Gargoyles”, in rec.arts.disney (Usenet):

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