Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corpselike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: corpse-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a corpse.

Example Sentences

"Upon the ground before the daïs were stretched scores of the corpselike forms of the spectators, till at last the long lines of them were lost in the gloomy background."
"With Akeley’s permission I lighted a small oil lamp, turned it low, and set it on a distant bookcase beside the ghostly bust of Milton; but afterward I was sorry I had done so, for it made my host’s strained, immobile face and listless hands look damnably abnormal and corpselike."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more corpselike (comparative) most corpselike (superlative) corpse-like (alternative)

Derived Forms

uncorpselike

Synonyms

cadaverous deathly

Questions

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

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