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词根词缀:-esque

【来源及含义】from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, Vulgar Latin -iscus, Italian -esco, and then French -esque: a suffix forming adjuectives and indicating "resemblance, style, manner, or distinctive character, etc., of"

【同源单词】arabesque, arboresque, Bunyanesque, burlesque, centauresque, gigantesque

词根词缀:pict-, paint-

【来源及含义】Latin: paint, painting; picture

【相关描述】This unit of "paint" words is directly related to the pigment- family of words.

【同源单词】depict, depicted, depicter, depiction, depicture, impictured