desertlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English desert Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English desertlike From desert + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a desert
[…] they provide views of hothouse Venus, desertlike Mars and two decidedly otherworldly moons of Jupiter: Io and Europa.
2007 April 13, John Schwartz, “Otherworldly Photos by Galileo, Voyager & Co.”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more desertlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most desertlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |