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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

charmlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From charm + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).
    • ...clergy sometimes carefully copied out herbal recipes that were to be applied with a mixture of Christian prayers and charmlike incantations. 2005, Julia M. H. Smith, Europe after Rome: a new cultural history 500-1000:
  2. Resembling or characteristic of charm (property of subatomic particles).

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more charmlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most charmlike Degree=Sup lexicographic