swanlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

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In a swanlike way

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"a swanlike curve"
"Ocean on his bird-horse, horned Io, Harpies that snatch his food from Phineus, snake-haired Gorgons, man-hating Amazons, the Phorcides, swanlike in form, one-eyed and of a single tooth, […]"
"Bosom full and firm. The nose straight. A swan-like gliding gait."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder. Proto-Germanic *swanaz Proto-West Germanic *swan Old English swan Middle English swan English swan Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English swanlike From swan + -like.

more swanlike (comparative) most swanlike (superlative)

unswanlike

cygnine

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