Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cramplike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cram-p-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Similar to a cramp

Example Sentences

"The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse."

Etymology

From cramp + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cramp

Questions

What does cramplike mean?: Similar to a cramp
Where does cramplike come from?: From cramp + -like.

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