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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ubuesque.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Ubuesque (comparative more Ubuesque, superlative most Ubuesque)
- (uncommon) Reminiscent of Ubu Roi, an early absurdist play; absurdly grotesque.
1995, Yosefa Loshitzky, The Radical Faces of Godard and Bertolucci, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 35:The Ubuesque elements in Tout va bien are yet another anti-Hollywood narrative device. The factory manager is portrayed as a contemporary version of Ubu, the hero of Alfred Jarry's trilogy.