English Explanatory Dictionary

Havishamesque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure.

Pronunciation

/ˌhævɪʃəmˈɛsk/ En-us-Havishamesque.oga LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Havishamesque.wav

Word forms

Havishamesque more Havishamesque most Havishamesque Havisham-esque

Etymology

From Havisham + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), after the character Miss Havisham from the novel Great Expectations (1860–1861) by the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870), a wealthy spinster once jilted at the altar, who lives in a ruined mansion and always wears her wedding dress.

Synonyms

fossilized Miss Havishamesque anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antiquated antique archaic backward backwards behind the times cobwebbed cobwebby dated defunct desuete discontinued disused dootsie elderly extinct expired Havishamesque hoary idle mouldy obsolete old oldfangled old-fashioned old school outdated outmoded out of date out of fashion outworn parachronistic passé primitive superannuated superseded unemployed unoccupied venerable workless
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