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Pynchonesque en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Pynchon French -esquebor. English -esque English Pynchonesque From Pynchon + -esque.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Thomas Pynchon
    • From the moment I opened the book I felt I had entered a Pynchonesque world. 1993 Apr, Cindi Katz, “Reflections While Reading City of Quartz By Mike Davis”, in Antipode, volume 25, number 2, page 159:
  2. Densely convoluted, verbose and full of allusion

Forms

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most Pynchonesque Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Pynchonesque Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

Pynchonian