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mantuanesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
man-tu-anesque
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.

Etymology

From Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Mantuanesque (comparative) most Mantuanesque (superlative)

Questions

What does mantuanesque mean?
Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.
Where does mantuanesque come from?
From Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.

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