Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guitarlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gui-tar-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a guitar

Example Sentences

"His harmonica work has the breezy lightness and sensuality one would expect from a musician who spent several years with Slim Harpo, but he's also capable of a full-bodied tone, bending notes with a guitarlike intensity […]."

Etymology

Etymology tree Aramaic קיתרא (qīṯārā)bor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Old Spanish guitarra Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English guitarlike From guitar + -like.

Inflected Forms

more guitarlike (comparative) most guitarlike (superlative)

Questions

What does guitarlike mean?: Resembling a guitar
Where does guitarlike come from?: Etymology tree Aramaic קיתרא (qīṯārā)bor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Old Spanish guitarra Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English guitarlike From guitar + -like.

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