Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literatesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lit-er-atesque
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having a literary quality; befitting literature

Example Sentences

"Any literatesque character may be described in literature under any circumstances which exhibit its literatesqueness."

Etymology

From literate + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: literate

Inflected Forms

more literatesque (comparative) most literatesque (superlative)

Derived Forms

literatesqueness

Questions

What does literatesque mean?: having a literary quality; befitting literature
Where does literatesque come from?: From literate + -esque.

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