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viruslike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
virus-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a virus; inclined to spread through infection.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more viruslike (comparative) most viruslike (superlative)

Synonyms

viral

Questions

What does viruslike mean?
Like a virus; inclined to spread through infection.
Where does viruslike come from?
Etymology tree English virus Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English viruslike From virus + -like.

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