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Etymology edit

Beardsley +‎ -esque

Adjective edit

Beardsleyesque (comparative more Beardsleyesque, superlative most Beardsleyesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

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