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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beggarlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beg-gar-like
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.

Etymology

From beggar + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more beggarlike (comparative) most beggarlike (superlative)

Synonyms

beggarly

Questions

What does beggarlike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
Where does beggarlike come from?
From beggar + -like.

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