spaghettiesque en · ADJ
Etymology
From spaghetti + -esque.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of spaghetti.
SpaghettiOs soon gave way to RavioliOs, which gave way in turn to a wide range of spaghettiesque foods including dinosaur pasta, shark-shaped pasta, Where's Waldo? pasta, and alphabet pasta (can you spell unappetizing?).
1994 May 31, Jeffrey Kluger, “Engineering Alfredo”, in Discover Magazine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more spaghettiesque | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most spaghettiesque | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |