| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|esk adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Rudyard Kipling + English -esque
1. : of, resembling, or having the characteristics of the literary style of Rudyard Kipling
the poems … were direct, Kiplingesque — Gertrude Stein
2. : characterized by an attitude of superiority over and a responsibility for nonwhite peoples often associated with the writings of Rudyard Kipling
a Kiplingesque condescension toward China — F.J.Brown & J.S.Roucek