Dan|tesque

Dan|tesque
Dan|tesque «dan TEHSK», adjective.
like Dante or his style; elevated; solemn; somber: »

... a Dantesque catalogue of the psychological and physical tortures of a company of men and women trapped in Warsaw's sewers during the abortive 1944 uprising against the zis (Time).

[< Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Italian poet and author of the Divine Comedy + -esque]

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  • dan — aba·dan; ac·i·dan·the·ra; ac·ri·dan; ama·dan; ba·dan; ban·dan·na; ban·dan·naed; bo·dan·sky; car·dan; cla·dan·thous; co·man·dan·cia; co·man·dan·te; con·cor·dan·cy; con·cor·dan·tial; dan·a·id; dan·a·us; dan; dan·bur·ite; dan·cet·té; dan·cette;… …   English syllables

  • dantesque — dan·tesque …   English syllables

  • DanteAlighieri — Dan·te A·li·ghie·ri (dänʹtā ä lē gyĕʹrē), 1265 1321. Italian poet whose masterpiece, The Divine Comedy (completed 1321), details his visionary progress through Hell and Purgatory, escorted by Virgil, and through Heaven, guided by his lifelong… …   Universalium

  • Dante — Dan•te [[t]ˈdɑn teɪ, ti, ˈdæn ti[/t]] n. big (Dante Alighieri), 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy[/ex] Dan•te•an ˈdæn ti ən, dænˈti adj. n. Dan•tesque dænˈtɛsk adj …   From formal English to slang

  • Dantesque — Dan*tesque , a. [Cf. It. Dantesco.] Dantelike; Dantean. Earle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gi — ae·gi·lops; ae·gi·tha·los; ae·gi·thin·i·dae; ae·ru·gi·nous; ai·gi·a·lo·saur; ai·gi·a·lo·sau·rus; alan·gi·um; al·bu·gi·na·ce·ae; al·bu·gi·na·les; al·gi·cide; al·gi·nate; al·ha·gi; al·ke·ken·gi; alo·gi; alo·gi·an; al·tin·gi·a·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

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