Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cactuslike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cac-tus-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having characteristics of a cactus

Etymology

Etymology tree English cactus Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cactuslike From cactus + -like.

Inflected Forms

more cactuslike (comparative) most cactuslike (superlative) cactus-like (alternative)

Questions

What does cactuslike mean?: Having characteristics of a cactus
Where does cactuslike come from?: Etymology tree English cactus Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cactuslike From cactus + -like.

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