Brontësque

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Brontë +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Brontësque (comparative more Brontësque, superlative most Brontësque)

  1. Reminiscent of the style of any or all of the Brontë sisters, English writers of the 1840s and 1850s.
    • 2019 November 29, May Sinclair, The Three Brontës: Unveiling the Literary Legacy of Britain's Beloved Sibling Writers‎[1], Good Press:
      All her utterances, where there is any feeling in them, no matter what, have a poignancy, a vibration which is Brontësque and nothing more. And this Brontësque quality is what the theorists have (like Madame Héger, and possibly Monsieur) neither allowed for nor understood.
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