crapelike en · ADJ
Etymology
From crape + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling crape.
...so I had sought through a dozen shops till I lit upon a crapelike material of purple-gray — the color, in short, of dun mist, lying on a moor in bloom.
1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more crapelike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most crapelike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |