Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midget-esque

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: midget-esque
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a midget.

Example Sentences

"Vermilion, who plays elves just because he has an aversion to midget-esque characters"
"In Lost Highway, Robert Blake is midget-esque."
""The intendent's longtime secretary, a stocky, short, almost midget-esque, chain-smoking woman in her 50s with hair bleached yellow who could occasionally be found at her desk held the strings to the whole operation.""
"2014, Paul Bond, $57M Impairment Charge on 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman, link I wonder if he wants to translate the business into Asia predominantly so he won't be so midget-esque."

Etymology

From midget + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: midget

Inflected Forms

more midget-esque (comparative) most midget-esque (superlative) midgetesque (alternative)

Questions

What does midget-esque mean?: Resembling a midget.
Where does midget-esque come from?: From midget + -esque.

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