monkeylike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English monkey Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English monkeylike From monkey + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or similar to a monkey.
a monkeylike skull
monkeylike curiosity
It is hard to picture a wee monkeylike adult creature weighing no more than an ounce. But fossils of the 55.8 million-year-old animal, the earliest known primate to inhabit North America, have emerged from coastal sediments in Mississippi.
2008 April 3, John Noble Wilford, “One-Ounce Mississippian of 55.8 Million Years Ago”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more monkeylike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most monkeylike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| monkey-like | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
Translations (11)
uk ма́впячий (similar to a monkey) · mr माकडासारखी (similar to a monkey) · mr माकडासारखे (similar to a monkey) · la simas (similar to a monkey) · ru обезья́ний (similar to a monkey) · nl aapachtig (similar to a monkey) · ky маймыл сияктуу (similar to a monkey) · eo simia (similar to a monkey) · mr माकडासारखा (similar to a monkey) · de affenartig (similar to a monkey) · az meymunabənzər (similar to a monkey)