Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piglike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: piglike
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a pig.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English piglike From pig + -like.

Inflected Forms

more piglike (comparative) most piglike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpiglike

Synonyms

piggy piggish porcine

Questions

What does piglike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a pig.
Where does piglike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English piglike From pig + -like.

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