Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quiltlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quilt-like
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a quilt.

Example Sentences

"Their quiltlike geometric abstractions, evoking Piet Mondrian and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, began to put a straight edge to the subway’s swoops and curlicues, its terra-cotta cornucopias and floral medallions."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more quiltlike (comparative) most quiltlike (superlative)

Questions

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

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