froglike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English frog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English froglike From frog + -like.
Meanings
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Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
It was the typical chatter of the moment when each woman was showing off her baby, held against her froglike belly.
1988, Yasunari Kawabata, “Samurai Descendant”, in Lane Dunlop, J. Martin Holman, San Francisco, transl., Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, North Point Press, page 133:Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear.
1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 19, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Vintage, published 1955, page 316:Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 5:I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it.
1929, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in The Maracot Deep:a froglike croak
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frog-like | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most froglike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more froglike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
toadly · toadish · batrachian · salientian · toadlike · toady · anuran
Synonyms
frogly · froggy · froggish · ranine
Translations (16)
eo rana (similar to a frog) · ar ضِفْدَعِيّ (similar to a frog) · be жабі́ны (similar to a frog) · de Frosch- (similar to a frog) · uk жа́б'ячий (similar to a frog) · ru лягу́шечий (similar to a frog) · mr बेडकासारखा (similar to a frog) · de froschartig (similar to a frog) · fr ranin (similar to a frog) · sk žabí (similar to a frog) · cs žabí (similar to a frog) · pl żabi (similar to a frog) · ru лягуша́чий (similar to a frog) · grc βατραχώδης (similar to a frog) · bg жа́бешки (similar to a frog) · uk жаби́ний (similar to a frog)