Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prisonerlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pris-on-er-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner.

Example Sentences

"As is revealed in her dream, she needs to be saved from the repressed, prisonerlike existence she endures at the top of the pillar..."

Etymology

From prisoner + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prisoner

Inflected Forms

more prisonerlike (comparative) most prisonerlike (superlative)

Questions

What does prisonerlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner.
Where does prisonerlike come from?: From prisoner + -like.

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