Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stallonesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stal-lonesque
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.

Example Sentences

"Fourteen years old, dressed from head to toe in camouflage gear, with a Stallonesque headband and pimples."
"When his car was surrounded by Harvard students opposed to the war in 1967, Secretary of Defense McNamara stood on the hood and with Stallonesque élan screamed, "I was tougher than you are then"
"When he's not killing bad guys or rescuing his girlfriend, Jessie (Janine Turner), Walker gets to deliver some dialogue that is as spectacular, in its own Stallonesque way, as the scenery."

Etymology

From Stallone + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Stallone

Questions

What does stallonesque mean?: in the style of Sylvester Stallone, an American actor.
Where does stallonesque come from?: From Stallone + -esque.

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