Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chandlerish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chan-d-ler-ish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme

Example Sentences

"[…] Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" […]"
"Broadbent's smoky, sultry originals "The Long Goodbye" and "Lady In The Lake" uphold the album's Chandlerish spirit."
"These include Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One (19867) [sic] which covers Bruce Wayne’s (and Jim Gordon’s) first weeks on the streets, in a Chandlerish tale of crooked cops and a rotten city […]"

Etymology

From Chandler + -ish, after writer Raymond Chandler.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Chandler

Inflected Forms

more Chandlerish (comparative) most Chandlerish (superlative)

Questions

What does chandlerish mean?: Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme
Where does chandlerish come from?: From Chandler + -ish, after writer Raymond Chandler.

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