Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

formalesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-ma-lesque
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960

Etymology

From formal + -esque; coined in 1994 by Australian art historian Bernard Smith, since the period referred to by "modernist" was by then no longer modern.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: formal

Questions

What does formalesque mean?: modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
Where does formalesque come from?: From formal + -esque; coined in 1994 by Australian art historian Bernard Smith, since the period referred to by "modernist" was by then no longer modern.

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