Dahlesque
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- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /dɑːlˈɛsk/
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Dahlesque (comparative more Dahlesque, superlative most Dahlesque)
- In the style of Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British novelist, whose children's books are characterized by black humor and grotesque villains.
- 2002, Julia Eccleshare, A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels, page 36:
- The origins of the loathsome Dursleys come directly from snobbish Dahlesque caricatures of people of limited culture and intelligence.