Trumpesque en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /tɹʌmˈpɛsk/
- (UK) audio
Etymology
From Trump + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Trumpish.
Meanings
-
Resembling or similar to Donald Trump.
The day before Trump was presented as an egg on legs in the New York Post, the paper celebrated the re-election of Ron DeSantis, the Trump-esque Florida governor rumored to be planning a presidential run, with a front page which declared him “DeFuture”.
2022 November 10, Adam Gabbatt, “Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump-esque | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Trumpesque | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Trumpesque | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| Donald Trumpesque | alternative | lexicographic |