lanternlike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lantern.
Example Sentences
- "I have viewed, I believe, every cathedral between Magdeburg in the North, and St. Januarius on the South, and from the mystic gloom of St. Stephen's, at Vienna, to the lanternlike brilliance of St. Ouen, at Rouen; and in many of these it has been my lot to witness the most august and imposing services of the Catholic worship."
- "The interior, as will he seen by the illustrations, is representative of old Dutch styles. The unique feature of the lighting is the lanternlike enclosures for the incandescent lamps, which are mounted on posts, giving a decidedly novel and pleasing effect."
- "Tiny, greenish or pinkish, lanternlike flowers hide under branch tips in early to midspring."
Etymology
From lantern + -like.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more lanternlike (comparative)
most lanternlike (superlative)