Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nounlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noun-like
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a noun, having nounal characteristics.

Example Sentences

"A number of both lexemes and word forms seem to be located within the two endpoints of this scale, and can thus be identified only as “more nounlike, less adjectivelike” or “less nounlike, more adjectivelike”."

Etymology

From noun + -like.

Inflected Forms

more nounlike (comparative) most nounlike (superlative)

Questions

What does nounlike mean?: Resembling a noun, having nounal characteristics.
Where does nounlike come from?: From noun + -like.

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