ubuesque

See also: Ubuesque

English

Adjective

ubuesque (comparative more ubuesque, superlative most ubuesque)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ubuesque
   • 2007, Exiles from Dialogue, Polity, translation of original by Jean Baudrillard and Enrique Valiente Noailles, →ISBN, page 80:

     This is what has been pointed up by Le Pen, who, in his very ubuesque emergence, embodies that impossibility.

   • 2014 May 21, Tu Thanh Ha, “New train cars in France too wide for hundreds of stations”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 21 May 2014:

     Energy and Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal described it as an "unbelievable mistake" while Junior Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier said it was "ubuesque" (nonsensical), an allusion to absurdist theatre.

French

Etymology

Ubu +‎ -esque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.by.ɛsk/, /y.bɥɛsk/

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Adjective

ubuesque (plural ubuesques)

1. Ubuesque (absurdly grotesque)

   Synonyms: absurde, saugrenu

   • 2023 July 12, Faustine Vincent, “En Biélorussie, les coulisses d’une justice ubuesque au service de la répression”, in Le Monde.fr‎^[1]:

     Le rapport de la FIDH, publié mercredi 12 juillet, documente les multiples violations de procédure commises pendant les audiences, et constitue une plongée dans les coulisses ubuesques du système répressif judiciaire de la Biélorussie, « l’une des dictatures les plus violentes du monde  » qui « ne se soucie même plus des apparences de l’Etat de droit ».

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Further reading

• “ubuesque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.