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adj
In the literary or thematic style of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
in the manner of Emile Zola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English Zola Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque English Zolaesque From Zola + -esque.
