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tortoiselike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tor-toise-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more tortoiselike (comparative) most tortoiselike (superlative) tortoise-like (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

turtlelike

Antonyms

untortoiselike

Questions

What does tortoiselike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
Where does tortoiselike come from?
Etymology tree English tortoise Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tortoiselike From tortoise + -like.

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