Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saucerlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saucer-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a saucer.

Example Sentences

"Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad."

Etymology

Etymology tree English saucer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English saucerlike From saucer + -like.

Inflected Forms

more saucerlike (comparative) most saucerlike (superlative)

Questions

What does saucerlike mean?: Resembling a saucer.
Where does saucerlike come from?: Etymology tree English saucer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English saucerlike From saucer + -like.

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