Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wimplike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wim-p-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Everyone from President Bush to Ann Coulter was using it to denote wimplike, Volvo-driving softies too spineless for dangerous times and too given to speaking French."

Etymology

From wimp + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: wimp

Inflected Forms

more wimplike (comparative) most wimplike (superlative)

Questions

What does wimplike mean?: wimpy
Where does wimplike come from?: From wimp + -like.

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