Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pearlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pearlike
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a pear.

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin pirabor. Proto-West Germanic *peru Old English pere Middle English pere English pear Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English pearlike From pear + -like.

Inflected Forms

more pearlike (comparative) most pearlike (superlative)

Synonyms

peary

Questions

What does pearlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a pear.
Where does pearlike come from?: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin pirabor. Proto-West Germanic *peru Old English pere Middle English pere English pear Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English pearlike From pear + -like.

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