spaghettiesque

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English

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Etymology

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spaghetti +‎ -esque

Adjective

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spaghettiesque (comparative more spaghettiesque, superlative most spaghettiesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of spaghetti.
    • 1994 May 31, Jeffrey Kluger, “Engineering Alfredo”, in Discover Magazine[1]:
      SpaghettiOs soon gave way to RavioliOs, which gave way in turn to a wide range of spaghettiesque foods including dinosaur pasta, shark-shaped pasta, Where's Waldo? pasta, and alphabet pasta (can you spell unappetizing?).