eightlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English eightlike From eight + -like.
Meanings
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(rare) Shaped like a figure eight.
For example, some scholars thought that an eightlike figure on the robe of the Virgin signified that the image was the eighth wonder of the world.
2006, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Nature, empire, and nation:...with the contemporaneously developing notion about the eightlike shape of the crumpled wheel and the figure eight more generally.
1965, August Aichhorn, Otto Fleischmann, Paul Kramer, Helen Ross, Delinquency and child guidance: selected papers:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most eightlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more eightlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |