Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kruegeresque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kruegeresque
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.

Example Sentences

"Most of the work of these comics — even when they are screaming or sneering in Kruegeresque tones — is only analogous to the explicit violence of the killing joke..."
"Helen even utters a Freddy Kruegeresque one-liner..."
"To be sure, SPRIGGAN, like AKIRA, is filled with slick blood and gore (the cackling Little Boy, with his Freddy Kruegeresque wire-cutter claw attachments..."
"The driller killer's attempts at Kruegeresque one-liners fall pretty flat, although the cast are fairly funny as they run around desperately trying to look scared."

Etymology

From Krueger + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Krueger

Inflected Forms

more Kruegeresque (comparative) most Kruegeresque (superlative)

Questions

What does kruegeresque mean?: Reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.
Where does kruegeresque come from?: From Krueger + -esque.

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