Beardsleyesqueadj.
/ˌbɪədzlɪˈɛsk/, U.S. /ˌbɪrdzliˈɛsk/ Designating Aubrey Beardsley's black and white line drawings, esp. his illustrations, in the style of art nouveau, produced during the 1890s. Hence: relating to, characteristic or reminiscent of this work.Beardsley’s illustrations typically depict erotic or grotesque subjects, and are often regarded as epitomizing the decadence of the end of the 19th cent.
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1894 Era 14 July 8/2 The second volume of ‘The Yellow Book’ has just appeared, habited in a cover more queer and Beardsleyesque than its forerunner.
1957 Times 12 Nov. 3/2 It was an interesting Claudius,..with a strange Beardsleyesque decadence lingering about it.
1992 R. M. Davis Mid-lands xiii. 183 I seem to remember line drawings of Beardsleyesque fauns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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