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French
Etymology
Composed of Ophélie (“Ophelia”) + -ique (“-esque, -ish, -like”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɔ.fe.lik/
Adjective
ophélique (feminine ophélique, masculine plural ophéliques, feminine plural ophéliques)
- Ophelian
- Synonym: ophélien
1888, Edmond de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Journal : Mémoire de la vie littéraire, 1851-1896, page 860:Et me voilà à la mairie pour le mariage de Georgette Charpentier, toute charmante dans une de ces toilettes esthetic de la Grande-Bretagne, qui va à sa beauté ophélique et à sa grâce névrosée.- And here am I at the town hall for the wedding of Georgette Charpentier, all charming in one of those aesthetic outfits from Great Britain, which goes with her Ophelian beauty and her neurotic grace.
References
“ophélique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.