Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thurberesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thurberesque
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of James Thurber or the world depicted in his cartoons and plays.

Example Sentences

"Winch (1958)", for example, divided families into four random groupings varying from the wife-dominated 'Thurberesque' marital relationship to the husband-dominated 'Ibsenian'."
"It highlights and emphasizes what it wishes to in order to create a Thurberesque vision of reason in conflict with the irrational."
"There is a neurological condition, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, causing Thurberesque hallucinations."
"A bow tie apparently proclaims a man to be witty, brilliant, perhaps a chap of Thurberesque genius."

Etymology

From Thurber + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Thurber

Inflected Forms

more Thurberesque (comparative) most Thurberesque (superlative)

Questions

What does thurberesque mean?: Characteristic of James Thurber or the world depicted in his cartoons and plays.
Where does thurberesque come from?: From Thurber + -esque.

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