cauchemardesque
French
editEtymology
editFrom cauchemar (“nightmare”) + -esque (“-ish”). Compare cauchemarder and cauchemardeux.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcauchemardesque (plural cauchemardesques)
- nightmarish (resembling a nightmare)
Further reading
edit- “cauchemardesque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.