English
Spillanesque
From Spillane + -esque.
Formed from Spillane + -esque
Latin pellō ‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’
Middle English pelen ‘peel’
Middle Irish spelaid
Irish speal ‘scythe’
Irish Ó Spealáin ‘descendant of Spealán’
English Spillane
Today it means
adj Reminiscent of the works of Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American author of hard-boiled crime fiction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spillanesque