Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legacy oscar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: lega-cy oscar
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.

Example Sentences

"Scanning the recent slates of winners, the legacy Oscar appears more and more frequently; even the most dedicated Jessica Chastain fans (also known as “Chastainiacs”) would have a hard time calling The Eyes of Tammy Faye her finest hour, but she’d accrued a reputation as an altogether deserving thespian by that point in her career, and that was enough."

Inflected Forms

legacy Oscars (plural)

Questions

What does legacy oscar mean?: An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.

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