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ubuesque¹

adjective more ubuesque · most ubuesque

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ubuesque This is what has been pointed up by Le Pen, who, in his very ubuesque emergence, embodies that impossibility.

Ubuesque²

  • /ubuˈɛsk/

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Borrowed from French ubuesque.

adjective more Ubuesque · most Ubuesque · ubuesque

  1. uncommon Reminiscent of Ubu Roi, an early absurdist play; absurdly grotesque. The Ubuesque elements in Tout va bien are yet another anti-Hollywood narrative device. The factory manager is portrayed as a contemporary version of Ubu, the hero of Alfred Jarry's trilogy.

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@misc{ubuesque_2026,
  title = {ubuesque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ubuesque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}