Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrinelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shrine-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine

Example Sentences

"The icon is kept in a shrinelike building."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more shrinelike (comparative) most shrinelike (superlative)

Questions

What does shrinelike mean?: Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine
Where does shrinelike come from?: Etymology tree English shrine Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English shrinelike From shrine + -like.

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