Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

specklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: speck-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a speck; almost too small to see.

Example Sentences

"From his window at the Grand Hôtel du Louvre, Pissarro made many paintings of the Avenue de l’Opéra; in the one on view, from 1898, specklike couples promenade into a foggy sky."

Etymology

From speck + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: speck

Inflected Forms

more specklike (comparative) most specklike (superlative)

Questions

What does specklike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a speck; almost too small to see.
Where does specklike come from?: From speck + -like.

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