sherlock holmesy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Example Sentences
- "And he wore a Sherlock Holmesy kind of cap with a swarm of salmon flies upon it, that to my boyish fancy was more splendid than a crown."
- ""Don't try to get all Sherlock Holmesy on me, Hicks. Sherlock Holmes wasn't always right. […]"
- "I dont^([sic]) know, he says, all Sherlock Holmesy in a cloud of smoke."
Etymology
From Sherlock Holmes + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Sherlock Holmesy (comparative)
most Sherlock Holmesy (superlative)