Kiplingesque
English
Etymology
Kipling + -esque
Adjective
Kiplingesque (comparative more Kiplingesque, superlative most Kiplingesque)
- Suggestive of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) or his writings.
- 1919, Catholic World
- The atmosphere is established in a truly Kiplingesque manner by the explanation of the first sketch — "A Retired Gentleman."
- 1975, Paul Scott, A Division of the Spoils
- He's been sucked in by all that Kiplingesque double-talk that transformed India from a place where plain ordinary greedy Englishmen carved something out...
- 1981, Michael Patterson, The Revolution in German Theatre, 1900-1933
- Furthermore, Brecht cut some of the more farcical elements and the rowdy Kiplingesque songs...
- 1919, Catholic World