dovelike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *dūbaną? Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ Proto-West Germanic *dūbā Old English *dūfe Middle English douve English dove Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English dovelike From dove + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
dovelike eyes
Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:a dovelike wing
dovelike grace
- (figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dovelike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| dove-like | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more dovelike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
anti-bellicist · clean as a hound's tooth · irenic · non-violent · pacific · clean as a whistle · blameless · not guilty · sackless · innocent as the babe unborn · sinless · irenical · unguilty · uncalculating · clean · nonblameworthy · pure · unblameable · dovelike · dovish · unblameworthy · pacifist · unaggressive · dovelike · dovish · righteous · pacifistic · guiltless · clear · clean-handed · peaceable · innocent as the child unborn · innocent · peaceful · offenseless · irreprehensible