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caretlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From caret + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a caret.
   • On the succeeding segments the stem of the T becomes progressively shorter until the T is reduced to a caretlike angle with the apex inward... 1947, Austin Hobart Clark, Ailsa McGown Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids:
   • When he released her, Marian reached up and smoothed the caretlike quirk in his eyebrow and then put her hand back in his. 1968, Maggie Rennert, A moment in Camelot:
   • And caretlike omission signs have been found on Greek documents dating back at least as far as the fourth century BC. 1992, Patrick Huyghe, Columbus was last:

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