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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hydralike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English hydra Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English hydralike From hydra + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a hydra
    • In the interim he pursued one of his most adventurous series, the so-called Hercules project, exploring the persistence of fascism in its hydralike forms. 2009 January 25, Jori Finkel, “Worlds Collide in a Single Face”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most hydralike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more hydralike Degree=Cmp lexicographic