jordanesque

jordanesque
jordanesque [ʒɔʀdanɛsk] adj.
ÉTYM. 1870, Goncourt, in D. D. L.; du n. du peintre flamand Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), et -esque.
Littér. Gras et rouge, rubicond (comme le sont les personnages peints par Jordaens).
0 Un journaliste, à la face jordanesque dans une chair épaisse et verruqueuse.
Ed. de Goncourt, la Faustin, p. 165 (1882), in D. D. L., II, 14.

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