Thurberesque
English
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editThurberesque (comparative more Thurberesque, superlative most Thurberesque)
- Characteristic of James Thurber or the world depicted in his cartoons and plays.
- 1976, Rosemary Scott, The female consumer, page 135:
- Winch (1958)", for example, divided families into four random groupings varying from the wife-dominated 'Thurberesque' marital relationship to the husband-dominated 'Ibsenian'.
- 1988, Robert Emmet Long, James Thurber, page 131:
- It highlights and emphasizes what it wishes to in order to create a Thurberesque vision of reason in conflict with the irrational.
- 2002, Delene Bost, The Possession of Mr. Rouse, page 111:
- There is a neurological condition, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, causing Thurberesque hallucinations.
- 2012, Gregg Stebben, The Man's Playbook:
- A bow tie apparently proclaims a man to be witty, brilliant, perhaps a chap of Thurberesque genius.