miss havisham–esque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
39
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The last of these, [K-PAX,] in fact, is practically a parody of all blowsy Southern dames; [Celia] Weston plays a Miss Havisham–esque hospital inmate who, in her dementia, still makes up her face and puts on her costume jewelry and sets her table as if eternally expecting a gentleman caller."
- "The surrounding homes were crazed with schizophrenic tastes and priorities. A Craftsman that bohemians had painted purple and orange hallucinated next to a Miss Havisham–esque country where shredded Fourth of July decorations were still hanging around the doorway."
- "He wasn’t sure what he had expected, some Miss Havisham–esque shrine of dust and cobwebs, perhaps, but this was not it."
Inflected Forms
more Miss Havisham–esque (comparative)
most Miss Havisham–esque (superlative)