Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scimitarlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scim-i-tar-like
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.

Example Sentences

"1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, "Now he saw that they were ugly, curved, scimitarlike blades on the ends of four-foot-long handles.""

Etymology

From scimitar + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scimitar

Inflected Forms

more scimitarlike (comparative) most scimitarlike (superlative)

Questions

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

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