Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marioesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mar-i-oesque
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the character Mario or the games in which he appears, typified by bright, cheerful environments, platform obstacles, and often the rescue of a princess from a monster.

Example Sentences

"Or the clever blend of puzzles and hair raisingly, chilling battles in the kitchen of the conway estate with undead chefs whipping meat cleavers at me, while I mow em down with my shotgun in Killing time, or The Marioesque approach to a 3-d shooter's paradise that is bladeforce, lotsa secrets, but lotsa stuff to destroy!!!"
"Yes, it's becoming possible to do so, but the same can really be said of plenty of genres, including Mario-esque action games."
"It was a platformer type game. I do not think in ^([sic]) was pengo, but more of a marioesque type platformer."
"I wasn't aware that MDK2 was a Marioesque platformer..."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Mario French -esquebor. English -esque English Marioesque From Mario + -esque.

Inflected Forms

more Marioesque (comparative) most Marioesque (superlative) Mario-esque (alternative)

Synonyms

Mariolike

Questions

What does marioesque mean?: Resembling the character Mario or the games in which he appears, typified by bright, cheerful environments, platform obstacles, and often the rescue of a princess from a monster.
Where does marioesque come from?: Etymology tree English Mario French -esquebor. English -esque English Marioesque From Mario + -esque.

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