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DANTESQUE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Dantesque mean?

• DANTESQUE (adjective)
The adjective DANTESQUE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings

Familiarity information: DANTESQUE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DANTESQUE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Dantean; Dantesque

Pertainym:

Dante (an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321))

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