Dantesque

From Dante +‎ -esque.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdæntɪˈɛsk/

Dantesque (comparative more Dantesque, superlative most Dantesque)

1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of Dante; characterized by a formal, elevated tone and somber focus.
   • 2023 March 25, Ashifa Kassam, “‘Like a vacuum cleaner running all day’: noisy nightlife making Spanish streets ‘uninhabitable’”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other. It’s a spectacle, a Dantesque spectacle.”

• Dantean