Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trancelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: trance-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the characteristics of a trance.

Example Sentences

"He’d been so terrified by the look on his father’s face that he gasped, breaking the trancelike moment."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more trancelike (comparative) most trancelike (superlative)

Questions

What does trancelike mean?: Having the characteristics of a trance.
Where does trancelike come from?: Etymology tree English trance Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English trancelike From trance + -like.

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