caponesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a similarity to Al Capone.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Caponesque.
adj
Like a capon.
Example Sentences
- "[…] it seems that Bimbo had accused Nickolas of using Caponesque methods in an effort to usurp his kingdom, which included some 300,000 subjects in the United States at the time."
- "[…] a Caponesque terrorism with a tawdry kind of glamour, a meretricious appeal."
- "It is fair to say that those drawn to the paramilitaries shared a mixture of some or all of these characteristics: idealism, initiative, thrill-seeking, bravery, an urge to emulate their forebears, ruthlessness, Caponesque gangsterism, vindictiveness and psychopathy.·"
- "Equally wonderful is Doris Day as the virgin next door, Thelma Ritter as the sarcastic maid, and Tony Randall as the caponesque best friend/rival."
- "All of Shakespeare, naturally, especially because the most brilliant of our teachers was a short, chubby man—caponesque, really—named Andrew Chiappe, whose intense lectures, punctuated by his blazing readings from the texts, were utterly thrilling."
- "Thank you Professor Allan. Absolutely nails the issues with this caponesque, morally ambivalent, strutting UN wannabee."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Caponesque (comparative)
most Caponesque (superlative)