Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jaillike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jail-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling, or characteristic of, a jail.

Example Sentences

"The patients were housed in jaillike conditions."

Etymology

Etymology tree English jail Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English jaillike From jail + -like.

Inflected Forms

more jaillike (comparative) most jaillike (superlative) gaollike (alternative)

Questions

What does jaillike mean?: Resembling, or characteristic of, a jail.
Where does jaillike come from?: Etymology tree English jail Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English jaillike From jail + -like.

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