Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viselike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vise-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.

Example Sentences

"What they share, apart from their Texas roots, is a viselike grasp of hard-bop fundamentals and an easy affinity for funk."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more viselike (comparative) most viselike (superlative) vicelike (alternative)

Questions

What does viselike mean?: Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.
Where does viselike come from?: Etymology tree English vise Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English viselike From vise + -like.

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