Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looksake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: look-sake
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An individual who looks like or is reminiscent of another; a doppelganger.

Example Sentences

"Despite the awkward weight of the pack, Kikun climbed the crumbly stone face like his looksake garden lizard going up a wall; Rose followed more slowly, grumbling all the way."
"Franny, or her looksake, was walking in a southeasterly direction when she had disappeared from sight."
"Wherever you are, I know that you're at peace and so I should be, too. That you watch over me, your “looksake,” as you do all your forebears, intervening on my behalf with God probably more often than polite."

Etymology

From look + sake or look's + sake, modelled after namesake, name's sake.

Inflected Forms

looksakes (plural)

Questions

What does looksake mean?: An individual who looks like or is reminiscent of another; a doppelganger.
Where does looksake come from?: From look + sake or look's + sake, modelled after namesake, name's sake.

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