Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rasputinesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: raspu-ti-nesque
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of Rasputin (1869–1916), Russian mystic perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Nicholas II and family.

Example Sentences

"The music teacher came out sounding somewhat Rasputinesque, but Mr. Ghiaurov tempered his glowering bass with a few adroit comic touches."
"The dolls -- a jug-eared, sheep-eyed President Vladimir V. Putin; his Rasputinesque staff chief, Aleksandr Voloshin; dead-on renditions of balding Communists, woolly-headed right-wingers and other famous rogues -- are the cast of "Kukly," which wrapped up its weekly filming late Thursday on a ramshackle sound stage near the Moscow River."

Etymology

From Rasputin + -esque.

Inflected Forms

more Rasputinesque (comparative) most Rasputinesque (superlative)

Questions

What does rasputinesque mean?: Reminiscent of Rasputin (1869–1916), Russian mystic perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Nicholas II and family.
Where does rasputinesque come from?: From Rasputin + -esque.

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