Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crapelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crape-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling crape.

Example Sentences

"...so I had sought through a dozen shops till I lit upon a crapelike material of purple-gray — the color, in short, of dun mist, lying on a moor in bloom."

Etymology

From crape + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crape

Inflected Forms

more crapelike (comparative) most crapelike (superlative)

Questions

What does crapelike mean?: Resembling crape.
Where does crapelike come from?: From crape + -like.

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