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Language: French
Origin: Italian -esco

-esque

 suffix
     
-esque [in adjectives]
1 in the manner or style of a particular person, group, or place:
Kafkaesque (=in the style of the writer Franz Kafka)
2 having a particular quality:
picturesque (=pleasant to look at)
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