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Daliesque

[dah-lee-esk] / ˌdɑ liˈɛsk /
ADJECTIVE
characteristic of the art of Salvador Dali
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He was dressed in a rather severe dark suit, no one around him, a solitary figure, available for a ruling if called upon, but looking more like a fragile figure in a Daliesque landscape.

From Golf Digest Apr. 9, 2020

I clicked the mandala again, and the machine continued writing its Daliesque version of Ross’s Profile, using, in addition to the first prompt, the prose it had already generated to generate from:

From The New Yorker Oct. 7, 2019

Oscar Akermo, a wispy 22-year-old Swede, does Daliesque portraiture in black and gray ink.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2018

The cluster of smart-looking oceanfront palapas, complete with Daliesque cactus gardens, private saltwater plunge pools and iPod docks are a far cry from the area’s typical ramshackle guest cottages.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2013

The disconcertingly dominant feature of the theater, alas, is a campy, Daliesque mural by Spanish Painter Enrique Senis-Oliver called Homage to Terpsichore, which all but swallows the proscenium.

From Time Magazine Archive




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