michelangelesque

1. 1.

   in the manner of Michelangelo

Questions about michelangelesque

What does michelangelesque mean?

michelangelesque means "in the manner of Michelangelo".

How many syllables are in michelangelesque?

michelangelesque has 6 syllables and divides as mi-che-lan-ge-le-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 michelangelesque a common word?

michelangelesque 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.