kaufmanesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of actor and comedian Andy Kaufman (1949–1984).
adj
Reminiscent of filmmaker and novelist Charlie Kaufman (1958–).
Example Sentences
- "Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character […]"
- "[…] as playwright Alan Bennett remarks, ‘You don't put yourself in your screenplays. You find yourself there.’ That, surely, is a paradox of Kaufmanesque dimensions."
- "When I accepted the assignment to review Charlie Kaufman’s new movie, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” I vowed that I would avoid the recursive, self-conscious, Kaufmanesque flourishes that afflict so much writing about this screenwriter and filmmaker."
Etymology
From Kaufman + -esque.
Inflected Forms
more Kaufmanesque (comparative)
most Kaufmanesque (superlative)