Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gigeresque

/ɡiɡəɹɛsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gigeresque
IPA: /ɡiɡəɹɛsk/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of H. R. Giger (born 1940), Swiss surrealist painter best known for nightmarish biomechanical imagery.

Example Sentences

"Quatermass also mediated Wellsian influence on the tone and preoccupations of the new hybrid SF–horror-film genre, with its monstrous Gigeresque fusions of machine and organism[…]"

Etymology

From Giger + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Giger

Inflected Forms

more Gigeresque (comparative) most Gigeresque (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce gigeresque?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡiɡəɹɛsk/.
What does gigeresque mean?: Reminiscent of H. R. Giger (born 1940), Swiss surrealist painter best known for nightmarish biomechanical imagery.
Where does gigeresque come from?: From Giger + -esque.

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