Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cartoonlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-toon-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a cartoon.

Example Sentences

"Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts."
"The gangsters use "dese and dose" accents, the props are cartoonlike (dollar bills the size of legal paper and cardboard cutout guns), and the acting style is distinguished by histrionic poses."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more cartoonlike (comparative) most cartoonlike (superlative) cartoon-like (alternative)

Synonyms

cartoonesque cartoonish cartoony

Questions

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

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