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dickensesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dick-ens-esque
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of the writings of the English author Charles Dickens.

Etymology

From Dickens + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Dickensesque (comparative) most Dickensesque (superlative)

Synonyms

Dickensian

Questions

What does dickensesque mean?
Characteristic of the writings of the English author Charles Dickens.
Where does dickensesque come from?
From Dickens + -esque.

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