English
Ubuesque
Ubuesque comes from French ubuesque, and goes back to Ubu.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentUbu
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentubuesque
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Ubuesque
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentUbu
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentubuesque
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Ubuesque
Earliest quotation: 1995, Yosefa Loshitzky, The Radical Faces of Godard and Bertolucci: “The Ubuesque elements in Tout va bien are yet…”
Every English word from French Ubu
Today it means
adj Reminiscent of Ubu Roi, an early absurdist play; absurdly grotesque.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Ubu / Ubuesque