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Voldemortesque

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Etymology

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From Voldemort +‎ -esque.

Adjective

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Voldemortesque (comparative more Voldemortesque, superlative most Voldemortesque)

  1. Having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
    • 2012, Karen De Villiers, "In the leaving", The South African, Issue 445, 10 January 2012 - 16 January 2012, page 6:
      January is when most dwellers are seriously starting to look rather Voldemortesque avec alabaster lustre.
    • 2013 April 11, Jef Akst, “Review: Errors of the Human Body”, in The Scientist:
      Then, a Voldemortesque colleague steals the gene from the axolotl lab and develops a technique to splice it into to[sic] mouse DNA.
    • 2013, Michael Mastarciyan, "The one-piece", S-Magazine, Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2013, page 56:
      It's skiing's dirty little fashion secret — the Voldemortesque “he who must not be named” that lurks deep in the darkest closet of the alpine apparel world.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Voldemortesque.

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