Get to know Typee better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Typee in a sentence
Typee meaning
Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
Using Typee
- The main meaning on this page is: Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
- In the example corpus, typee often appears in combinations such as: typee and.
Context around Typee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Typee
- In this selection, "typee" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, background, talks, book and 1845 stand out and add context to how "typee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1988 431 typee and omoo and first book typee 1845 a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "typee" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with typee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Knickerbocker called Typee "a piece of Münchhausenism ". (8 words)
Milder (1988), 431 Typee and Omoo gave Melville overnight renown as a writer and adventurer, and he often entertained by telling stories to his admirers. (25 words)
His first book, Typee (1845), a highly romanticized account of his life among Polynesians, became such a best-seller that he worked up a sequel, Omoo (1847). (27 words)
Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".sfn Background Typee is "in fact, neither literal autobiography nor pure fiction". (34 words)
As the writer and editor Nathaniel Parker Willis wrote, "With his cigar and his Spanish eyes, he talks Typee and Omoo, just as you find the flow of his delightful mind on paper". (33 words)
His first book, Typee (1845), a highly romanticized account of his life among Polynesians, became such a best-seller that he worked up a sequel, Omoo (1847). (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".sfn Background Typee is "in fact, neither literal autobiography nor pure fiction".
As the writer and editor Nathaniel Parker Willis wrote, "With his cigar and his Spanish eyes, he talks Typee and Omoo, just as you find the flow of his delightful mind on paper".
His first book, Typee (1845), a highly romanticized account of his life among Polynesians, became such a best-seller that he worked up a sequel, Omoo (1847).
Milder (1988), 431 Typee and Omoo gave Melville overnight renown as a writer and adventurer, and he often entertained by telling stories to his admirers.
The Knickerbocker called Typee "a piece of Münchhausenism ".
Common combinations with typee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: