hammettesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of the works of Dashiel Hammett.
Example Sentences
- "Wings' handling of the standard-issue Hammettesque equipment (Emma gets slipped a Mickey; she gets bonked on the back of the head; she even gets to tell the murderer at the end of the story, "I'm sending you over, sweetheart," just like Sam to Bridget in The Maltese Falcon) is light, fast, and witty enough to allow even inveterate non-readers of mysteries like myself to stay tuned."
Inflected Forms
more Hammettesque (comparative)
most Hammettesque (superlative)