Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illnesslike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ill-nesslike
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of illness.

Example Sentences

"...the idea that addiction is not simply an issue of will, morality, or crime but an illnesslike compulsion that has distinct physical characteristics."

Etymology

From illness + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: illness

Inflected Forms

more illnesslike (comparative) most illnesslike (superlative)

Questions

What does illnesslike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of illness.
Where does illnesslike come from?: From illness + -like.

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