Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

storklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stork-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a stork.

Example Sentences

"A hovering, storklike balance with the body curling round an unseen sphere--one bent leg raised halfway up in front, bent arms and torso describing the space."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more storklike (comparative) most storklike (superlative)

Questions

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

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