Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trunklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trun-k-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a trunk or proboscis

Example Sentences

"The monster had a long, trunklike nose."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more trunklike (comparative) most trunklike (superlative)

Questions

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

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