Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hunksome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hunk-some
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky.

Example Sentences

"“No more being overshadowed by glam-boy elves and hunksome warriors ... Sean Astin's moment to shine is here.”"
"A queen from a film about an amazing queen who is massively beautiful, and wise and strong and married to a gnarled old king obsessed with power and money who doesn't see the real her, but then she meets a hunksome knight with humble beginnings who rescues her from a terrifying beast and at the start they, like, argue all the time because he thinks she's dead proud and used to people obeying her every command."

Etymology

From hunk + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hunk

Inflected Forms

more hunksome (comparative) most hunksome (superlative)

Questions

What does hunksome mean?: Characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky.
Where does hunksome come from?: From hunk + -some.

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