houndlike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
Example Sentences
- "Nevertheless, the desire for "long ears, houndlike head, and much throatiness" was going on, though one of our first and most successful breeders protested [...]"
- "And in the British Isles, there were the shepherd-type dogs already mentioned, an ancestral houndlike dog and a small house dog that could have later given rise to the terriers."
- "Houndlike ears: See Drop ear. Houndlike lips: Well-developed, deep, pendulous flews."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more houndlike (comparative)
most houndlike (superlative)