Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gorillalike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: go-ril-la-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.

Example Sentences

"The faint light that filtered in from above showed him a large, low-ceiled vault from which several doorways led off into inky darkness, but there was no need to thread an unknown way, for there before him lay the objects of his search—the mad brute had the girl upon the floor, and gorilla-like fingers were clutching frantically at her throat as she struggled to escape the fury of the awful thing upon her."

Etymology

From gorilla + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gorilla

Inflected Forms

more gorillalike (comparative) most gorillalike (superlative) gorilla-like (alternative)

Synonyms

gorillaesque gorillaish

Questions

What does gorillalike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
Where does gorillalike come from?: From gorilla + -like.

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