leonardesque

1. 1.

   in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci

Questions about leonardesque

What does leonardesque mean?

leonardesque means "in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci".

How many syllables are in leonardesque?

leonardesque has 5 syllables and divides as le-o-nar-de-sque under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is leonardesque a common word?

leonardesque is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.