chabonesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer Michael Chabon (born 1963).
Example Sentences
- "Now, with Werewolves in Their Youth, his splendid new volume of short stories, it’s possible to speak of a Chabon oeuvre, to recognize a style and certain subject matters as Chabonesque."
- "Mapping is a very Chabonesque activity; in Summerland, he creates not one world but four, linked by a vast tree."
- "A wonderful setup of an opening chapter—Conan Doylish and yet quite stylish and Chabonesque in its own right."
- "With Pittsburgh soon to reappear on cinema screens worldwide, cab drivers better be ready to take visitors to such Chabonesque landmarks as the Cloud Factory."
- "“The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” is itself a translation of a Chandler detective mystery such as “The Big Sleep” (1939) or “Farewell, My Lovely” (1940)—translated into Chabonesque American."
- "DS [Delia Sherman]: I definitely think Chabon has written a lot of interstitial fiction. When The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay came out, I saw it as interstitial, existing at the confluence of historical, literary, and fantastic fiction, all in the service (and this is the kicker) of turning a pair of schlubs who imagined superheroes into superheroes themselves (for a Chabonesque value of superhero)."
Etymology
From Chabon + -esque.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Chabonesque (comparative)
most Chabonesque (superlative)