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Sherlock Holmesque

Sherlock Holmesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Adjective

Sherlock Holmesque (comparative more Sherlock Holmesque, superlative most Sherlock Holmesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
    • […] the interpreter, with Sherlock-Holmesque astuteness, paired this fact with that of the Frenchmen’s presence in the town […]1903, Brick, page 238
    • Half the population of the Silver Belt will turn Sherlock Holmesque. There are already fourteen different theories as to how the villains bored the hole in the wall, and there are dozens on the wing.1910 September 8, “Concentrates”, in The Cobalt Daily Nugget, volume II, number 191, Cobalt, Ont., page one, column 3

Examples of Sherlock Holmesque in a sentence

  • Frantz held the package at arm’s length and grew Sherlock Holmesque.1912 October 14, “Policeman With Keen Ears Deduces an Alarm Clock Is Not Proper Companion”, in The Gazette Times, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 1:
  • A la Sherlock Holmesque, Authier traced the noise to a paper sack which a youth nearby was carrying under his arm.1923 August 8, “Alarm Clocks in Bag Let Go; Youth Nabbed”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 88, number 315, Detroit, Mich., page 7:
  • “Sure as the Lord made tumbleweeds in Kansas, we — your Sherlock Holmesque readers — are closing in on the elusive Joe Don Looney,” the Morrisseys wrote.1976 October 29, Dave Kindred, “The continuing Looney saga: Has our hero found peace?”, in The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ken., page C 1...
  • He plays Brown, a federal agent who disguises himself as a bumbling Sherlock Holmesque detective.1988 April 8, Lisa McKinnon, “In search of theater”, in Lompoc Record, volume 114, number 307, page T1:

Synonyms of Sherlock Holmesque

Forms of Sherlock Holmesque

comparativemore Sherlock Holmesque
superlativemost Sherlock Holmesque

Origin of Sherlock Holmesque

From Sherlock Holmes + -esque.

Questions about Sherlock Holmesque

What does Sherlock Holmesque mean?
Sherlock Holmesque means resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
How do you use Sherlock Holmesque in a sentence?
Frantz held the package at arm’s length and grew Sherlock Holmesque.
What part of speech is Sherlock Holmesque?
Sherlock Holmesque is an adjective.

Words near Sherlock Holmesque in the dictionary

  1. sherlock
  2. Sherlock Holmes
  3. Sherlock Holmes-iana
  4. Sherlock Holmesiana
  5. Sherlock Holmesish
  6. Sherlock Holmesque
  7. Sherlock Holmesy
  8. sherlocked
  9. Sherlockesque
  10. Sherlockian
  11. Sherlockiana

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