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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chairlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chairlike From chair + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chair.
    • In contrast, Liliana Dirks-Goodman’s “house/home” was based on solid objects of beauty: a woven blanket, a chairlike sculpture. 2012 November 20, Brian Seibert, “The Truth Changes, and Sometimes Chairs Do, Too”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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most chairlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more chairlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic