saucerlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English saucer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English saucerlike From saucer + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a saucer.
Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more saucerlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most saucerlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |