esq: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of esq
- esquire«Word Popularity Bar3/5
esquire
- noun (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- noun a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
Esq.
- noun (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
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esquire
- noun (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- noun a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
Esq.
- noun (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- esquimaux2/5
- esquisse2/5
esquisse
(Fine Arts) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
- esquimau1/5
esquimau
Same as Eskimo .It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock.
- esquiline1/5
- esquisses1/5
Derived words of esq
- grotesque«Word Popularity Bar4/5
grotesque
- noun art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
- adjective satellite distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
monstrous.
- tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
- twisted into monstrous shapes
- noun art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
- picturesque4/5
picturesque
- adjective satellite suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- a picturesque village
- adjective satellite strikingly expressive
- a picturesque description of the rainforest
- adjective satellite suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- mesquite3/5
mesquite
- noun any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
mesquit.
- noun any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
- montesquieu3/5
montesquieu
- noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu; Charles Louis de Secondat.
- noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
- burlesque3/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- romanesque3/5
romanesque
(Arch.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
- arabesque2/5
arabesque
- noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
- noun an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
- noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
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arabesque
- noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
- noun an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
- noun position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
- picturesqueness2/5
picturesqueness
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- noun visually vivid and pleasing
- noun the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
- desquamation2/5
desquamation
- noun loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
peeling; shedding.
- noun loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
- grotesques2/5
grotesque
- noun art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
- adjective satellite distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
monstrous.
- tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas
- twisted into monstrous shapes
- noun art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
- burlesques2/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- kafkaesque2/5
kafkaesque
- adjective satellite characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
- the kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations
- adjective relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
- adjective satellite characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger
- grotesquely2/5
grotesquely
- adverb in a grotesque manner
monstrously.
- behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies
- adverb in a grotesque manner
- picaresque2/5
picaresque
- adjective satellite involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
- picaresque novels
- waifs of the picaresque tradition
- a picaresque hero
- adjective satellite involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
- statuesque2/5
statuesque
- adjective satellite of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
stately.
- adjective satellite suggestive of a statue
Junoesque.
- adjective satellite of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
- picturesquely2/5
picturesquely
- adverb in a picturesque manner
- in the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant
- adverb in a picturesque manner
- sesquicentennial2/5
sesquicentennial
- noun the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- noun the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- carnivalesque2/5
- levesque2/5
levesque
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- mesquita2/5
- mesquites1/5
mesquite
- noun any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
mesquit.
- noun any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
- lincolnesque1/5
lincolnesque
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
Lincolnian.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
- grotesqueness1/5
grotesqueness
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquerie; grotesquery.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- burlesqued1/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- grotesquerie1/5
grotesquerie
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesqueness; grotesquery.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- desquamated1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- grotesqueries1/5
grotesquery
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquerie; grotesqueness.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- burlesquing1/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- moresque1/5
moresque
Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish. --n. The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture , underMoorish .Written also mauresque .
- grotesquery1/5
grotesquery
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquerie; grotesqueness.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- michelangelesque1/5
michelangelesque
- adjective in the manner of Michelangelo
- adjective in the manner of Michelangelo
- kiplingesque1/5
kiplingesque
- adjective in the manner of Rudyard Kipling
- adjective in the manner of Rudyard Kipling
- desquamating1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- desquamate1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- hemingwayesque1/5
hemingwayesque
- adjective in the manner of Ernest Hemingway
- adjective in the manner of Ernest Hemingway
- dantesque1/5
dantesque
Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.
- unpicturesque1/5
unpicturesque
- adjective satellite without beauty or charm
unlovely.
- adjective satellite without beauty or charm
- churrigueresque1/5
churrigueresque
- adjective satellite having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
baroque; churrigueresco.
- the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
- adjective satellite having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
- rembrandtesque1/5
rembrandtesque
- adjective in the manner of Rembrandt
- adjective in the manner of Rembrandt
- sculpturesque1/5
sculpturesque
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
sculptured; modeled; sculptural.
- her finely modeled features
- rendered with...vivid sculptural effect
- the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
- romanesques1/5
romanesque
- noun a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
Romanesque architecture.
- noun a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
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sesquipedalian
- noun a very long word (a foot and a half long)
sesquipedalia.
- adjective satellite given to the overuse of long words
- sesquipedalian orators
- this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money
- noun a very long word (a foot and a half long)
- junoesque1/5
junoesque
- adjective satellite suggestive of a statue
statuesque.
- adjective satellite suggestive of a statue
- sesquiterpene1/5
sesquiterpene
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sesquiterpenes1/5
- desquamative1/5
desquamative
Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
- whitmanesque1/5
- sesquioxide1/5
sesquioxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, .Al2O3 is asesquioxide
- sesquioxides1/5
sesquioxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, .Al2O3 is asesquioxide
- humoresque1/5
humoresque
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- plateresque1/5
plateresque
(Arch.) Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
- sesqui1/5
sesqui
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- chaplinesque1/5
- rubenesque1/5
- caravaggesque1/5
- gigantesque1/5
gigantesque
Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent. The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. Tennyson.
- rousseauesque1/5
- raphaelesque1/5
raphaelesque
Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
- mauresque1/5
- sesquialtera1/5
sesquialtera
Sesquialteral.
- giottesque1/5
- sesquicentenary1/5
- gardenesque1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `esq`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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