rockfordesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.
Example Sentences
- "Rockfordesque Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) insists that he would rather use hunches than statistics, that he cannot wear a coat and tie to work, and that if he saw the corporate atmosphere at TriCor, "Sam Spade would puke.""
- "2001, February 16. Allan Johnson, "Tuning In, Tuning Out", The Chicago Tribune. His latest is "The Tin Collectors" (St. Martin's Press, $24.95), about a Rockfordesque detective at the center of an Internal Affairs investigation that becomes much more."
- "2009. Kelli Jae Baeli, Armchair Detective, Lesbian Literati Press. I vaulted to the hood of the Olds' in true Rockfordesque style, and rolled over, falling off the other side, landing hard upon the pavement."
Etymology
From Rockford + -esque.
Inflected Forms
more Rockfordesque (comparative)
most Rockfordesque (superlative)