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Whitmanesque [whit′mə nesk′, wit′mə nesk′]adj.of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.: also Whitmanian [hwitmā′nē ən, witmā′nē ən]
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