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claylike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clay-like
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling clay.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *gloyHós Proto-Germanic *klajjaz Proto-West Germanic *klaij Old English clǣġ Middle English cley English clay Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English claylike From clay + -like.

Inflected Forms

more claylike (comparative) most claylike (superlative)

Synonyms

clayey

Questions

What does claylike mean?
Resembling clay.
Where does claylike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *gloyHós Proto-Germanic *klajjaz Proto-West Germanic *klaij Old English clǣġ Middle English cley English clay Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English claylike From clay + -like.

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