Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wiselike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wise-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious; sensible.

Etymology

From Middle English wiseli, wisliche, from Old English wīslīc (“wise, sagacious, prudent”), equivalent to wise + -like.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wiseli, wīslīc
Suffix: wise

Inflected Forms

more wiselike (comparative) most wiselike (superlative) wise-like (alternative)

Questions

What does wiselike mean?: Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious; sensible.
Where does wiselike come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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