Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beardsleyesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beard-sleyesque
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

Etymology

From Beardsley + -esque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Beardsleyesque (comparative) most Beardsleyesque (superlative)

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What does beardsleyesque mean?
Reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Where does beardsleyesque come from?
From Beardsley + -esque.

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