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Hemingwayesque

[ hem-ing-wey-esk ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.


Hemingwayesque

/ ˌhɛmɪŋˌweɪˈɛsk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or like Ernest Hemingway or his literary style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hemingwayesque1

First recorded in 1940–45; Hemingway + -esque
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Example Sentences

The pleasures of Harrison’s writings tend to the Hemingwayesque, and are set largely in his native Midwest: hunting, fishing, hiking and generally being outdoors; cooking, eating and drinking; sex, women and conversation.

The closest thing we have to a prominent “Hemingwayesque” author today is Dave Eggers, who deployed that clipped-yet-redundant style in novels like “A Hologram for the King” and “The Circle.”

A Hemingwayesque writer reviews the riddle of his life as he lies dying in Africa.

For the Hemingwayesque director, there was none of that final-credit nonsense: “No animals were harmed in the making of this film.”

It also, as a result, opened up Europe for the first time to Americans beyond the ranks of Jamesian travellers and Hemingwayesque expatriates.

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Hemingway, Ernesthemiola