Dalíesque

See also: Daliesque

English

Etymology

From Dalí +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Dalíesque (comparative more Dalíesque, superlative most Dalíesque)

1. Alternative form of Daliesque.
   • 2001, Dan Colwell, “Excursions”, in This Way Barcelona (This Way Guides; 61), Lausanne, Vaud: JPM Publications, →ISBN, page 53, column 1:

     The Teatre-Museu Dalí was designed by the artist as a monument to his own fantastic vision of the world, something evident in every part of the museum, from the giant Dalíesque eggs on the outer walls to the bizarre installations inside.

   • 2012, Gary Marmorstein, “Caring Too Much Is Such a Juvenile Fancy”, in A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part III (Mt. Olympus to Mt. Zion), page 325:

     The surrealist ballet included the Dalíesque vision of Zorina in a seashell rising like a papier-mâché Venus from a sea of green cheesecloth.

   • 2015, Philip G. Johnston, “Notes”, in One River, One Love (Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics), Oxford, Oxfordshire; Havertown, Pa.: Oxbow Books, →ISBN, page 81:

     The text is replete with Surrealist touches (including the by now familiar “color de” phrase) such as Dalíesque melting, not of clocks, but of hands.