allenesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of Woody Allen (born 1935), American actor, writer, director, comedian, and playwright.
Example Sentences
- "By the 1980s, what I’ll call the Allenesque Jew/Shiksa split was entrenched: Jewish = nonathletic, brainy, neurotic, pasty, dark-haired, profoundly unhealthy parental relationship, usually from the New York area; shiksa = healthy, Waspy, carefree, blonde, supportive (if judgmental) parents, from the Midwest or from a home that might as well be in the Midwest."
Etymology
From Allen + -esque.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Allenesque (comparative)
most Allenesque (superlative)