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salamanderlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From salamander + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling a salamander.
2. Possessing the characteristics or abilities of a salamander.
   • Hey! How she tosses up, how far! The mounting Top-mast touch'd a Star; The Meteors blaz'd as thro' the Clouds we came, And Salamander-like, we live in Flame [...] c. 1681, Henry Purcell, Thomas D'Urfey, “Blow, Boreas, blow”, in Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans, [Act I, scene i]:

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