Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black panther-esque

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: black- -pan-ther-esque
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.

Example Sentences

"And in New York the flashback was Black Panther-esque, circa 1970. “I don’t care about no facts,” said Tawana Brawley’s lawyer Alton [Henry] Maddox [Jr.], according to a former aide to Al Sharpton, as the Brawley case entered its fourteenth year of dominating the news."
"But it’s not until Scotty gets rubbed out and left on Gunn’s doorstep one morning that our hero blows a gasket and takes the law into his own hands (with the aid of some new Black Panther-esque pals)."
"In live performance, the original line-up often drew controversy for their theatrical use of Black Panther-esque gear and terrorist-style masks."

Etymology

From Black Panther + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Black Panther

Inflected Forms

more Black Panther-esque (comparative) most Black Panther-esque (superlative) Black Pantheresque (alternative)

Questions

What does black panther-esque mean?: Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.
Where does black panther-esque come from?: From Black Panther + -esque.

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