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bimboesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From bimbo + -esque. Piecewise doublet of bimboish.

Meanings

  1. Like a bimbo; ditzy and foolish.
    • Kite's bimboesque daughter (Liz Fraser) is totally bemused by her dad's monomaniacal obsession with politics... 1999, Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity:
    • ...it generated a rare national campaign of nurses who protested the show's bimboesque depiction of both nurses and nursing students. 2005, Suzanne Gordon, Nursing against the odds:
    • Of course, your Gemini will be much more stable, and less bimboesque, but she also will be a woman of many interests, all dependent upon her mood... 2002, Hazel Dixon-Cooper, Born on a Rotten Day:

Forms

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more bimboesque Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bimboesque Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

bimboish