English

McCarthyesque

From McCarthy + -esque.

Formed from McCarthy + -esque

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- ‘to desire’

Irish Mac Carthaigh

English McCarthy

Today it means

adj Characteristic of McCarthyism or McCarthyists.

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Etymograph / McCarthyesque

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