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Oxfordesque (comparative more Oxfordesque, superlative most Oxfordesque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of the University of Oxford.
   • 1994, Tom Bradley, Acting Alone, BrownTrout Publishers, Inc., →ISBN (hardcover), →ISBN (softcover), chapter 10, 87:

     Yes, the sudden, forced move to the sleazy new building at the unfashionable end of campus, after their splendid Oxfordesque castle had been co-opted by the fascists, had definitely taken a constipating effect on the flow of ideas in and around the Anthropology Department.

   • 2006, Christian K. Anderson, “Building an Icon: The Rise and Fall of John G. Bowman, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, 1921-1945”, in Roger L. Geiger, editor, Iconic Leaders in Higher Education, Transaction Publishers, published 2011, →ISBN, page 142:

     Edward Mellon's drawings depicted the tall structure Bowman required, but also included a number of odd-shaped Oxfordesque quadrangles surrounding the structure.

   • 2010, Becky Garrison, Jesus Died for This?: A Satirist's Search for the Risen Christ, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 52:

     I did tour Kent University, […] Somehow I expected something more Oxfordesque and Anglican, but this place looked like a cookie-cutter community college.