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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lawlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
law-like
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having characteristics of a law.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English lawlike From law + -like.

Inflected Forms

more lawlike (comparative) most lawlike (superlative) law-like (alternative)

Derived Forms

unlawlike

Questions

What does lawlike mean?
Having characteristics of a law.
Where does lawlike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English lawlike From law + -like.

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