brysonesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of William McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 1951), Anglo-American author of light-hearted travelogues.
Example Sentences
- "So while during the writing process, I described my task as somewhat Brysonesque, it is a journey through Southern culture rather than a more conventional traveler's guide. Because, unlike Bryson, I actually got out of my car and chatted with folk."
- "This new symbiosis was also observable in more serious Cornish literature, for example in Alan M. Kent's Cousin Jack's Mouth Organ, which is a Brysonesque journey across Cornish-America […]"
- "There were signs warning about leeches, so we tried to explain to Cappucine what they were, but stopped when she seemed alarmed by yet another Brysonesque Australian hazard for unwary travellers."
Etymology
From Bryson + -esque.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Brysonesque (comparative)
most Brysonesque (superlative)