Mantuanesque
English edit
Etymology edit
Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.
Adjective edit
Mantuanesque (comparative more Mantuanesque, superlative most Mantuanesque)
- (literature) Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the "Good Shepherd", as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.