Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puppetlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pup-pet-like
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a puppet; mechanical, controlled by another.

Etymology

From puppet + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more puppetlike (comparative) most puppetlike (superlative) puppet-like (alternative)

Questions

What does puppetlike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a puppet; mechanical, controlled by another.
Where does puppetlike come from?
From puppet + -like.

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