Miss Havisham–esque

Miss Havisham–esque (comparative more Miss Havisham–esque, superlative most Miss Havisham–esque)

1. Alternative form of Miss Havishamesque.
   • 2005, Tara Ariano, Adam Sternbergh, “The Suburbs”, in Hey! It’s That Guy!: The Fametracker.com Guide to Character Actors, Philadelphia, Pa.: Quirk Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, section “Celia Weston: Hey! It’s That Vintage Southern Belle/Lockjawed New England Matriarch!”, page 212:

     The last of these, [K-PAX,] in fact, is practically a parody of all blowsy Southern dames; [Celia] Weston plays a Miss Havisham–esque hospital inmate who, in her dementia, still makes up her face and puts on her costume jewelry and sets her table as if eternally expecting a gentleman caller.

   • 2006, Deanna Kizis, “Closing Costs”, in Finishing Touches, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Warner Books, →ISBN, pages 155–156:

     The surrounding homes were crazed with schizophrenic tastes and priorities. A Craftsman that bohemians had painted purple and orange hallucinated next to a Miss Havisham–esque country where shredded Fourth of July decorations were still hanging around the doorway.

   • 2009, A. J. Hartley, What Time Devours, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, chapter 64, page 264:

     He wasn’t sure what he had expected, some Miss Havisham–esque shrine of dust and cobwebs, perhaps, but this was not it.