Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crippenesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crip-pe-nesque
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910), American doctor who famously murdered his wife.

Etymology

From Crippen + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Crippen

Inflected Forms

more Crippenesque (comparative) most Crippenesque (superlative)

Questions

What does crippenesque mean?: Reminiscent of Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910), American doctor who famously murdered his wife.
Where does crippenesque come from?: From Crippen + -esque.

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