Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jacksonesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jack-sonesque
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or reminiscent of a Jackson.

adj

Resembling or reminiscent of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), American president and military governor.

adj

Resembling or reminiscent of Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American pop musician.

Example Sentences

"[…] a school of landscape studies identified with the late John Brinkerhoff Jackson^([sic]) and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Jacksonesque landscape studies […]"
"In December 1841 [John Greenleaf] Whittier published “Democracy,” which celebrated a Jacksonesque spirit “unawed by pomp or power,” but also disclaimed allegiance to the Whigs or Democrats, […]"
"In the [‘Billie Jean’ music] video, Jackson hoists up his drainpipe trousers, […] in order to strut his stuff – now-archetypal Jacksonesque dance movements involving either one shoe being stuck out and swivelled from side to side on the ball of the foot, or leaping knock-kneed up on to both toes."

Etymology

From Jackson + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Jackson

Inflected Forms

more Jacksonesque (comparative) most Jacksonesque (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Jacksonian

Questions

What does jacksonesque mean?: Resembling or reminiscent of a Jackson.
Where does jacksonesque come from?: From Jackson + -esque.

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