Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiderlike

/ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spi-der-like
IPA: /ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a spider.

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/

Inflected Forms

more spiderlike (comparative) most spiderlike (superlative) spider-like (alternative)

Synonyms

spideresque spiderish spidery arachnoid arachnidian spiderly

Questions

How do you pronounce spiderlike?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/.
What does spiderlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a spider.
Where does spiderlike come from?: Etymology tree English spider Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English spiderlike From spider + -like.

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