Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elephantlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ele-phant-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.

adj

(Of memory) which is very good

Example Sentences

"elephantlike stomping"
"He has an elephantlike memory: he rarely forgets things."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more elephantlike (comparative) most elephantlike (superlative)

Synonyms

elephantic elephantine memorious retentive tenacious

Questions

What does elephantlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
Where does elephantlike come from?: Etymology tree English elephant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English elephantlike From elephant + -like.

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