-like
English
Etymology
From like (preposition). Cognate with -ly (adjective suffix). Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”).
Suffix
-like
- Having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
- childlike
- snake-like
- 1996, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game page 128 under "Dark"
- Damage: Those with normal, human-like vision are blind
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
Usage notes
- In British usage, a hyphen is almost always used, while in American usage, the suffix is sometimes joined to the noun without a hyphen.
Synonyms
Note: the suffixes below cannot necessarily replace "-like", but are also used to form words having the same sense as words formed using "-like".
Derived terms
- coroutine-like
- Moon-like
- RAII-like
- Sun-like
- XML-like
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Translations
having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns)
Middle English
References
- “-lī, suf.(1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
- “-lī, suf.(2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
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