parrotlike

1. 1.

   mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding

   “a mere parrotlike word-calling process”

   “a voice quality sounding parrotlike”

   Similarimitative

Questions about parrotlike

What does parrotlike mean?

parrotlike means "mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding".

How many syllables are in parrotlike?

parrotlike has 3 syllables: par-rot-like. The stress falls on "par".

Is parrotlike a common word?

parrotlike is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.