Meaning of Romeo and Julietesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

““I was showing the space to another couple,” says Toni Sydor of Maplewood, New Jersey-based Extraordinary Events International. “And Polly and Will [the bridal couple] happened to be there. They were so Romeo and Julietesque—the way they acted, the way they were looking at each other. They were a very romantic couple. They really stood out.””

“Or the young woman who insisted on marrying Leslie across the caste and religious barriers of their families, leading to an almost Romeo and Julietesque series of adventures: Vivi's incarceration at home, stolen meetings, and secret missives through the medium of an itinerant bookseller .”

“Former ’Pegger Dan Wild costars in and local singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows score her renowned Romeo and Juliet'''esque duet, Mischance and Fair Fortune; […]”

“Although for the first third of the book it looks as though a Romeo and Julietesque romance has doomed the rival Kinships Brandr and Halex to a grim future of peace and prosperity, a terrible mishap provides the opportunity for mutual recriminations that very quickly spiral into open warfare between Brandr and Halex.”

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