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deathlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
death-like
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of death.

adj

Deadly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more deathlike (comparative) most deathlike (superlative) death-like (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

deadliness deathliness

Synonyms

deadlike deathly

Questions

What does deathlike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of death.
Where does deathlike come from?
Etymology tree English death Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English deathlike From death + -like.

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