froglike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
adv
In a froglike way
Example Sentences
- "Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear."
- "I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it."
- "a froglike croak"
- "Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face."
- "It was the typical chatter of the moment when each woman was showing off her baby, held against her froglike belly."
- "to hop froglike"
Etymology
Etymology tree English frog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English froglike From frog + -like.