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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Bunyanesque
 
SYLLABICATION:Bun·yan·esque
PRONUNCIATION:  bny-nsk
ADJECTIVE:1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the allegorical writings of John Bunyan. 2a. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the legend of Paul Bunyan. b. Of astonishingly large size: “Bunyanesque waves . . . crunched homes and municipal piers into little more than kindling wood” (Time).
 
 
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