Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seamanlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sea-man-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a seaman.

adj

indicating competent seamanship.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more seamanlike (comparative) most seamanlike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unseamanlike

Synonyms

seamanly

Questions

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

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