Gauguinesque

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Gauguinesque (comparative more Gauguinesque, superlative most Gauguinesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French postimpressionist artist.
    • 2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      I found myself pining for a Gauguinesque South Pacific that’s long since vanished, if it ever existed.