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carlylesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-ly-lesque
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.

Etymology

From Carlyle + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Carlylesque (comparative) most Carlylesque (superlative)

Questions

What does carlylesque mean?
Characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
Where does carlylesque come from?
From Carlyle + -esque.

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