dantesque

1. 1.

   of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings

   SynonymsDantean

Questions about dantesque

What does dantesque mean?

dantesque means "of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings".

How many syllables are in dantesque?

dantesque has 3 syllables and divides as dan-te-sque under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dantesque?

Close synonyms include Dantean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dantesque a common word?

dantesque is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.