Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsexlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-sex-like
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman).

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From un- + sex + -like.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unsexlike (comparative) most unsexlike (superlative)

Questions

What does unsexlike mean?
Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman).
Where does unsexlike come from?
From un- + sex + -like.

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