Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prisonlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pris-on-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a prison

Example Sentences

"“The prisonlike conditions, this form of detention, is not necessary,” said Michelle Brané, who heads the detention and asylum program at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more prisonlike (comparative) most prisonlike (superlative) prison-like (alternative)

Questions

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

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