English
Whistleresque
From Whistler + -esque.
Formed from Whistler + -esque
Old English hwistle ‘hollow reed’
Old English hwistlere ‘a player on a flute’
Middle English whisteler
English Whistler
Today it means
adj Reminiscent of work by the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903).
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Etymograph / Whistleresque