Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mangelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-ge-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of mange.

Example Sentences

"Others, such as members of the family Epidermoptidae, burrow in the skin and may cause a mangelike condition."
"Mites and ticks also infest the woodchuck. So far as I know the ticks are not injurious or annoying, but the mites may be responsible for a mangelike condition that occurs on the chuck."
"When he arrives home, he finds his own house dark, only the floodlight on the garage burning. The yard looks godawful, mangelike swatches of bare ground, whitish dog turds, trash blown down from the road."

Etymology

From mange + -like.

Inflected Forms

more mangelike (comparative) most mangelike (superlative)

Questions

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

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