Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemingwayesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hem-ing-wayesque
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist, or the understated quality of his prose or the themes he wrote about, including war, wilderness, love, and loss.

Example Sentences

"White contrasted the spare, "chastened" Hemingwayesque school of straight writing with gay writers like Proust (and Edmund White too) who were "free to indulge in ornament.""

Etymology

From Hemingway + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Hemingway

Inflected Forms

more Hemingwayesque (comparative) most Hemingwayesque (superlative)

Questions

What does hemingwayesque mean?: Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist, or the understated quality of his prose or the themes he wrote about, including war, wilderness, love, and loss.
Where does hemingwayesque come from?: From Hemingway + -esque.

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