"milyunanochesco"

Question

Is this a made up word? I know it relates to a "Thousand and one nights". What is nochesco?

The query comes from Borges' story Los traductores de las 1001 Noches

Here's the specific context El epíteto milyunanochesco (müyunanochero adolece de criollismo, müyunanocturno de divergencia) nada tiene que ver con las eruditas obscenidades de Burton o de Mardrus, y todo con las joyas y las magias de Antoine Galland.

Here's a link to the page link text It's page 5, you may have to wait briefly With milyunanochesco** (müyunanochero adolece de criollismo, müyunanocturno de divergencia) am I looking at a sort of Joycian word-play or are these valid phrases obvious to the Spanish eye? Thanks

Answer 1

Este es un excelente artículo sobre los neologismos adjetivales y como estos representan un reto particularmente significativo para los que no son hispanohablantes.

Neologismos

genial - 00494d19, Jun 7, 2011

good stuff thanks - lagartijaverde, Jun 7, 2011

Answer 2

It roughly translates to "Thousand-and-one-nights-esque," which I suppose means it has the marvelous/fantastical qualities of the stories of the 1001 Arabian Nights.

Answer 3

It roughly translates to "Thousand-and-one-nights-esque," which I suppose means it has the marvelous/fantastical qualities of the stories of the 1001 Arabian Nights.

Of course! I thought it might be something like that. I was looking too hard to see it!! So I could in the same vein say Picassoesco? Goyaesco?.

Thanks

goyesco...not sure about Picasso - gintar77, Jun 7, 2011

Is that something to do with the "a" and "o" endings? - lagartijaverde, Jun 7, 2011

Answer 4

müyunanochero müyunanocturno

What is the ü doing there?

This is pure nonsense in my opinion, they might call this "licencia artística"...qué idiotez.

milyunanochesco

This is however used.

Tipo pictoresco, novelesco....which has the characteristic of....

So it probably is Joyceesque:-) - lagartijaverde, Jun 7, 2011

Answer 5

Goyesco, but daliniano.

I hope he comes along, I guess there must be a rule relating to endings.

Answer 6

Joyceesque

Well, maybe joyesco

Goyesco, but daliniano.

I don't know how they build these forms. Maybe lazarus knows, probably I should have said, jeje