Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

childhoodlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: child-hood-like
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of childhood.

Example Sentences

"Society prefers to keep handicapped people in a childhoodlike state, thereby ignoring sexual needs."

Etymology

From childhood + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: childhood

Inflected Forms

more childhoodlike (comparative) most childhoodlike (superlative)

Questions

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

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