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chainlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chain-like
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a chain

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more chainlike (comparative) most chainlike (superlative) chain-like (alternative)

Synonyms

catenulate

Questions

What does chainlike mean?
Having the form of a chain
Where does chainlike come from?
Etymology tree English chain Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chainlike From chain + -like.

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