bansheelike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a banshee.
Example Sentences
- "A veteran of the tough audiences on the black rhythm and blues circuit, Houston wastes no time noodling around on stage; he begins his show from the back of the club, screaming bansheelike saxophone war cries through a cordless microphone and slowly stalking through the crowd in the general direction of the bandstand."
- "... only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin’ tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell befinned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet ..."
Etymology
From banshee + -like.