Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locustlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lo-cust-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lek-der.? Latin locusta Anglo-Norman locustebor. Middle English locuste English locust Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English locustlike From locust + -like.

Inflected Forms

more locustlike (comparative) most locustlike (superlative)

Questions

What does locustlike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a locust.
Where does locustlike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lek-der.? Latin locusta Anglo-Norman locustebor. Middle English locuste English locust Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English locustlike From locust + -like.

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