Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calypsolike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-lyp-so-like
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling calypso music.

Example Sentences

"The band is called Let Freedom Swing, and in Thursday night’s early set it played […] a calypsolike “We Shall Overcome”; and a version of Herbie Hancock ’s strange bossa nova “I Have a Dream.”"

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more calypsolike (comparative) most calypsolike (superlative)

Questions

What does calypsolike mean?: Resembling calypso music.
Where does calypsolike come from?: Etymology tree English calypso Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English calypsolike From calypso + -like.

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