threequel
/ˈθɹiːkwəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The chronologically third part of any series of works, especially a movie trilogy.
Example Sentences
- "When last seen, the “Poseidon” had been blown into small pieces. With any luck, this means Mr. Allen can’t possibly make a threequel."
- "On the contrary, last summer saw two jocular parodies of 1970’s blaxploitation films: the minor hit Undercover Brother and Beyonce Knowles’s portrayal of Foxxy Cleopatra, a character in the Austin Powers “threequel.”"
- "This may be the year of the threequel, but not all the franchises will be successful, predicts Mr. Gray."
- "THE biggest threequels to date have included some great films. The third part of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi (1983), then Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) were huge hits."