Meaning of Tarzanic | Babel Free

Definitions

Reminiscent of, or befitting, the fictional character Tarzan; suggesting savage jungle life.

Examples

“Yet Jazbo, the leading man, and Oomplatz, his philosophic friend, who are popping about from chair to chair and from divan to settee, making strange Tarzanic noises the while, will win all the admiration of the audiences.”

“Another book is coming shortly about hairy chests. It has been reported that chest wigs are now available in America for men insufficiently Tarzanic.”

“They have used this one-time hymn of the Republic as a spring board to Tarzanic debauchery, humour and a bit of entertainment.”

“Sunbirds and butterflies flit, there are scrub turkeys rooting about the rainforest floor and a Tarzanic assembly of jungly vines and cabbage palms.”

“"Some are hangovers from the Western media, which is imprisoned by a Eurocentric and Tarzanic view of Africa, designed deliberately to keep down the continent," he said.”

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