Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breathlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: breath-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of breath.

Example Sentences

"I expected the air to be warm, breathlike, but it was slightly chilled, almost refrigerated, and it smelled of dust and old wool."

Etymology

From breath + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: breath

Inflected Forms

more breathlike (comparative) most breathlike (superlative)

Questions

What does breathlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of breath.
Where does breathlike come from?: From breath + -like.

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