golemesque

English

Etymology

From golem +‎ -esque.

Adjective

golemesque (comparative more golemesque, superlative most golemesque)

  1. Resembling a golem.
    • 2006, Marc Estrin, Golem Song, Unbridled Books, page 355:
      First of all, to my tireless and doughty editor, Fred ("Momma Bear") Ramey, who licked this distasteful cub into shape from its golemesque beginnings
    • 2008, Davin Heckman, A Small World: Smart Houses and the Dream of the Perfect Day, Duke University Press, page 185:
      A more menacing example of golemesque creation can be found in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
    • 2011, Seth Lindberg, Lords of Dyscrasia, IGNIS Publishing LLC, page 25:
      Maeve looked at her living flesh. It was as real as any human's skin she had ever seen or felt. It was more giving and alive than her father's golemesque body or her mother's vaporous form.
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