Voldemortesque

Voldemortesque

See also: Voldemort-esque

English

Alternative forms

• Voldemort-esque

Etymology

Voldemort +‎ -esque

Adjective

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, Jef Akst, "Review: Errors of the Human Body", The Scientist, 11 April 2013:

     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.

Synonyms

• Voldemortian, Voldemortish

See also

• Dumbledorian