Alien vs Alienesque - What's the difference?
alien | alienesque |
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
A foreigner residing in a country.
* 1773 , William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, Volume 1 (Fifth Edition) , page 372
* 1831 , John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia , U.S. Government
* 2004 , Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice , Destiny Image Publishers, page 74
Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
* Bible, Ephes. ii. 12
Pertaining to an alien.
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
* Wordsworth
Suggestive of an alien (creature from space).
* 2008 , John R. Johnson, Purusha's Urn (page 126)
* 2009 , Tom Masters, Lonely Planet Maldives (page 49)
As adjectives the difference between alien and alienesque
is that alien is pertaining to an alien while alienesque is suggestive of an alien (creature from space).As a noun alien
is a person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.As a verb alien
is to estrange; to alienate.alien
English
Alternative forms
* alyaunteNoun
(en noun)- An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.
- The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens , not owing allegiance to the United States.
- Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.
- Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
Synonyms
* * See alsoAdjective
(en adjective)- alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
- principles alien to our religion
- An alien sound of melancholy.
Alternative forms
* alieneAnagrams
* English adjectives ending in -en ----alienesque
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After checking the room for other alienesque creatures, she sat down on the edge of the bed and began to stare at the phone.
- Ray feeding is a popular activity at many resorts and it's quite something to see these muscular, alienesque creatures jump out of the water and chow down on raw steak.