Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featherlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the characteristics of plumage.

adj

As light as a feather.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more featherlike (comparative) most featherlike (superlative)

Synonyms

feathery

Questions

What does featherlike mean?: Having the characteristics of plumage.
Where does featherlike come from?: Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English featherlike From feather + -like.

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