romeo & juliet-esque
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "America’s current division into Red States and Blue States is given a romantic twist in the ironic Romeo & Juliet-esue Conventioneers. Set against the 2004 Republican National Convention, it explores the complicated, bitter love affair between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the RNC."
- "Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams, The Notebook […] The pair won the MTV Movie Award for best kiss for their heartfelt portrayal of a Romeo & Juliet-esque couple in this romantic drama."
- "Sharp-tongued Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) joined Section G during the fifth series. The following year, a duplicitous Government bigwig (Anna Chancellor) injected her with a lethal nerve agent but in a Romeo & Juliet'''-esque twist, Ros was revived at her own funeral."
- "In the Romeo & Juliet-esque story, the stars fall in love despite their families owning competing pizza restaurants"
- "I had not known of the tale of Pyramus & Thisbe, an early Romeo & Juliet-esque tale. They were forbidden to meet, but planned a tryst at the Tomb of Ninus at the mulberry tree with its snow-white fruits."
- "By 16 her songs were on the radio, cutting through late-aughts party pop with her Romeo & Juliet-esque love stories."
Inflected Forms
more Romeo & Juliet-esque (comparative)
most Romeo & Juliet-esque (superlative)