Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flamelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flame-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a flame or its colour.

Example Sentences

"His breath stuttered while she watched the ascendant sun streak the clouds with a flamelike glow."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more flamelike (comparative) most flamelike (superlative)

Questions

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

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