Romeo and Julietesque

Romeo and Julietesque or Romeo and Julietesque (comparative more Romeo and Julietesque, superlative most Romeo and Julietesque)

1. Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
   • 1996, “Four from the Heart”, in Special Events Magazine, volume 15, Malibu, Calif.: Miramar Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36:

     “I was showing the space to another couple,” says Toni Sydor of Maplewood, New Jersey-based Extraordinary Events International. “And Polly and Will [the bridal couple] happened to be there. They were so Romeo and Julietesque—the way they acted, the way they were looking at each other. They were a very romantic couple. They really stood out.”

   • 1998, Jibrin Ibrahim, Charmaine Pereira, “On Dividing and Uniting: Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism in Africa”, in Nēthrā: A Non-specialist Journal for Lively Minds, volume 3, Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84:

     Or the young woman who insisted on marrying Leslie across the caste and religious barriers of their families, leading to an almost Romeo and Julietesque series of adventures: Vivi's incarceration at home, stolen meetings, and secret missives through the medium of an itinerant bookseller .

   • 2007 January 25, “10 Spot”, in Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg, Man., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 6:

     Former ’Pegger Dan Wild costars in and local singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows score her renowned Romeo and Julietesque duet, Mischance and Fair Fortune; […]

   • 2014 July 10, James Nicoll, “The Kindly Ones by Melissa Scott”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 5 June 2025:

     Although for the first third of the book it looks as though a Romeo and Julietesque romance has doomed the rival Kinships Brandr and Halex to a grim future of peace and prosperity, a terrible mishap provides the opportunity for mutual recriminations that very quickly spiral into open warfare between Brandr and Halex.