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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

penguinesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From penguin + -esque.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of a penguin.
    • When she wasn't using them to write on a chalkboard or to help her articulate finer points of our religious training, they were usually concealed within the folds of her penguinesque habit. 2011, Tim O'Donnell, A View from the Back Pew:

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more penguinesque Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most penguinesque Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

penguinlike · penguinish