giraffesqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

giraffesque (comparative more giraffesque, superlative most giraffesque)

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a giraffe (animal).
   • 1992, Bentley Lyon, Summer Stalk, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 119:

     An attractive elderly lady was belting out questionable chords on an ancient upright, and a giraffesque young man played a quarter-size violin.

   • 1997 [1992], Carl Parkes, Thailand Handbook, second edition, Chico, CA: Moon Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →ISSN, page 492:

     The initiation, commonly held at the auspicious time of a full moon, begins a cycle in which the adolescent adds another new ring every two years until her neck is elongated into a giraffesque shape.

   • 2012, Sue Vickerman, A Small Life, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd: Cinnamon Press, →ISBN, page 114:

     each week better and better at measuring, really getting her — one bold stroke a leg, her arching back, neck stretched giraffesque or like an elephant's trunk held erect, its thin skin ever more taut