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ballardesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bal-lardesque
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of the style of author J. G. Ballard (1930–2009).

Etymology

From Ballard + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Ballardesque (comparative) most Ballardesque (superlative)

Questions

What does ballardesque mean?
Characteristic of the style of author J. G. Ballard (1930–2009).
Where does ballardesque come from?
From Ballard + -esque.

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