English Explanatory Dictionary

Mantuanesque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.

Word forms

Mantuanesque more Mantuanesque most Mantuanesque

Etymology

From Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

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