sherlock holmesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the interpreter, with Sherlock-Holmesque astuteness, paired this fact with that of the Frenchmen’s presence in the town […]"
- "Half the population of the Silver Belt will turn Sherlock Holmesque. There are already fourteen different theories as to how the villains bored the hole in the wall, and there are dozens on the wing."
- "Frantz held the package at arm’s length and grew Sherlock Holmesque. Policeman gets a clue—asks for reasons—same not satisfactory—Frantz in cell in Center Avenue Station—clock on sergeant’s desk as evidence."
- "A la Sherlock Holmesque, Authier traced the noise to a paper sack which a youth nearby was carrying under his arm."
- "“Sure as the Lord made tumbleweeds in Kansas, we — your Sherlock Holmesque readers — are closing in on the elusive Joe Don Looney,” the Morrisseys wrote."
- "He plays Brown, a federal agent who disguises himself as a bumbling Sherlock Holmesque detective."
Etymology
From Sherlock Holmes + -esque.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Sherlock Holmesque (comparative)
most Sherlock Holmesque (superlative)