and the like en · X
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the 16th century. Replaced earlier and other like.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) And other similar items; et cetera.
And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93:Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10:
Synonyms
Translations (21)
mhr тулеч моло (and the like) · el και τα παρόμοια (and the like) · fr et tout le tintouin (and the like) · fr et patin-couffin (and the like) · tl at ng katulad (and the like) · sv och dylikt (o.d., o.dyl.) (and the like) · sv och liknande (o.l., o.likn.) (and the like) · hu és hasonlók (and the like) · ru и всё тако́е (and the like) · eo k.s. (and the like) · it e così via (and the like) · pl i tym podobne (and the like) · it ecc. (and the like) · fr et ainsi de suite (and the like) · ru и тому́ подо́бное (and the like) · uk і тому́ поді́бне (and the like) · it e simili (and the like) · de und ähnliches (and the like) · ru и всё тако́е про́чее (and the like) · fr et compagnie (and the like) · da og lignende (og lign., o.l., o.lign., o. lign) (and the like)