Thurberesque

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English

Etymology

From Thurber +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Thurberesque (comparative more Thurberesque, superlative most Thurberesque)

  1. Characteristic of James Thurber or the world depicted in his cartoons and plays.
    • 1976, Rosemary Scott, The female consumer, page 135:
      Winch (1958)", for example, divided families into four random groupings varying from the wife-dominated 'Thurberesque' marital relationship to the husband-dominated 'Ibsenian'.
    • 1988, Robert Emmet Long, James Thurber, page 131:
      It highlights and emphasizes what it wishes to in order to create a Thurberesque vision of reason in conflict with the irrational.
    • 2002, Delene Bost, The Possession of Mr. Rouse, page 111:
      There is a neurological condition, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, causing Thurberesque hallucinations.
    • 2012, Gregg Stebben, The Man's Playbook:
      A bow tie apparently proclaims a man to be witty, brilliant, perhaps a chap of Thurberesque genius.