Words With A Suffix -esque

I stumble son this very interesting article about words that ends in -esque. Hope you all enjoyed it in as much as I enjoyed reading it. Read on and enjoy and thanks for hopping in just as I accidentally stumbled these words.

1. Picaresque - when picaresque entered English in the first half of the 19th century, it meant "pertaining to rogues or scoundrels." Soon after it sintroduction into English, however, it became a satirical genre of fiction dealing with the antics and adventures of knavish-yet-attractive heroes. This term comes from the Spanish term picaro meaning "rogue".

2. Rubenesque - the famous Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens is the namesake for this -esque word. Rubens is well-known for painting Baroque landscapes, portraits, and religious andmythological masterpieces in the 17th century. His work often showcases plump and voluptuous women, and thi sfeature has given Rubenesque its meaning: if a woman is escribed as Rubenesque, it means that she is alluringly full-figured.

3. Grotesque - grotesque comes from the Italian word grotto meaning "cave". In Rome, the basements of ancient ruins were called grottoes, and the paintings on their walls were called grotesques. This term describes fantastically shaped and grouped forms, as in decorative work combining often ugly or bizarre humans and animals. Grotesque first entered English in the 16th century as a noun, though now the adjectival form is more commonly used.

4. Kafkaesque - Kafkaesque means "resembling the literary work of Franz kafka." This 20th-century German writer brought the world such discombobulating works as The Trail and Metamorphosis. If something is Kafkaesque, it often contains surreal, nightmarish landscapes in which characters go through existential crises. These characters hopelessly question the illogical ways of bureaucratic institutions with no hope of escape from the madness.

5. Burlesque - Burlesque comes to English from the French, which is rooted in the Italian burla meaning "ridicule" or "mockery". Since teh 17th century, the term burlesque has been used to describe art, often literary or dramatic in nature, that vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity, all for the sake of laughter.

6. Chaplinesque - named after none other than the fmaous British comedian, writer, director, producer, and composer, Chaplinesque means "characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin." Born in 1889, this celebrated silent-film star started his entertainment career as a clog dancer, moving on to perform in various vaudeville acts befor ebecoming a hero of the silver screen

7. Arabesque - The term Arabesque originally meant "in an Arabian style," when it entered English in the 1600s. Arabesque deisgns are exquisitely ornamental and are distinguished by sinuous, serpentine lines, or linear motifs. From this, a figurative meaning emerged, and arabesque came to also mean "fanciful". In the realm of ballet, arabesque is the name of a graceful pose in which the dancer stands on one leg with the othe rleg in the air extended behind.

In as much as I enjoyed learning these words, I hope you all learned from it, too. isn't it amazing! Now I have seven words added in my vocabulary although I have known grotesque, burlesque, and arabesque yet here they were explained so vividly which now I've known them better. Thank you Lord!