kiplingesqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

Kiplingesque (comparative more Kiplingesque, superlative most Kiplingesque)

1. Suggestive of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) or his writings.
   • 1919, Catholic World:

     The atmosphere is established in a truly Kiplingesque manner by the explanation of the first sketch — "A Retired Gentleman."

   • 1975, Paul Scott, A Division of the Spoils:

     He's been sucked in by all that Kiplingesque double-talk that transformed India from a place where plain ordinary greedy Englishmen carved something out...

   • 1981, Michael Patterson, The Revolution in German Theatre, 1900-1933:

     Furthermore, Brecht cut some of the more farcical elements and the rowdy Kiplingesque songs...