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cipherlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From cipher + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cipher.
    • This is the only mention of swastikas, and it's as if Nersesian is making up the rules as he goes along — all too possible with a cipherlike narrator whose memory is shot. 2007 December 9, Maud Casey, “Escape From New York, Nev.”, in New York Times:

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most cipherlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cipherlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic