Voldemortesque

See also: Voldemort-esque

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Voldemort +‎ -esque. Piecewise doublet of Voldemortish.

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.
    Synonyms: Voldemortian, Voldemortish
    • 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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