Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolflike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wolflike
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wolfish (all senses); lupine.

Example Sentences

"And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries through him."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wolflike From wolf + -like.

Inflected Forms

more wolflike (comparative) most wolflike (superlative)

Synonyms

wolfish

Questions

What does wolflike mean?: Wolfish (all senses); lupine.
Where does wolflike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wolflike From wolf + -like.

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