Mantuanesque

English

Etymology

Mantuan +‎ -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

Adjective

Mantuanesque (comparative more Mantuanesque, superlative most Mantuanesque)

  1. (literature) Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the "Good Shepherd", as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.
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