batmanesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or reminiscent of the DC superhero Batman or his media.
Example Sentences
- "Anyone out there been watchin this show? I think it is pretty good. Very different from what Disney has donein the past. It is kind of Batmanesque in nature and pretty violent."
- "Remember when the dogs ate the kidnapped child's bones? Before that point, Rorshach was essentially "normal", Batmanesque (whether "Batmanesque" qualifies as "normal" is a discussion for another time.)"
- "The ad shows a typical city scene at closing time as the pubs empty. A drunk-en girl lets go of some balloons, which drift up to the top of a tall building. A rubber-clad Batmanesque superhero arrives on the scene and performs a series of physical feats, clambering up scaffolding to get to the top of the building."
Etymology
From Batman + -esque.
Inflected Forms
more Batmanesque (comparative)
most Batmanesque (superlative)
Batman-esque (alternative)