fraternitylike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fraternity (social organization of male students).
Example Sentences
- "Recognition has nothing to do with the Army and a lot to do with fraternitylike hazing traditions of murky origin."
- "Created by two members of the Masons fraternity who thought their brethren were too stiff, the Shriners struck a chord early this century among working-class men who liked the idea of a fun club with fraternitylike rituals."
- "“And definitely not all of them are like this, but within a lot of fraternity and fraternitylike organizations, there’s definitely a trend toward conforming to a specific vision of masculinity – one that doesn’t necessarily leave room for vulnerability or for other wide suite of emotions.”"
Etymology
From fraternity + -like.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more fraternitylike (comparative)
most fraternitylike (superlative)