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Spillanesque

Spillanesque adjective: reminiscent of the works of Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American author of hard-boiled crime fiction.

Adjective

Spillanesque (comparative more Spillanesque, superlative most Spillanesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American author of hard-boiled crime fiction.

Forms of Spillanesque

comparativemore Spillanesque
superlativemost Spillanesque

Origin of Spillanesque

From Spillane + -esque.

Questions about Spillanesque

What does Spillanesque mean?
Spillanesque means reminiscent of the works of Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American author of hard-boiled crime fiction.
What part of speech is Spillanesque?
Spillanesque is an adjective.

Words near Spillanesque in the dictionary

  1. spillage
  2. spillages
  3. Spillane
  4. Spillanean
  5. Spillanes
  6. Spillanesque
  7. Spillanian
  8. spillback
  9. spillbacks
  10. spilled
  11. spilled ink

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