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sausagelike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman sausichebor. Middle English sawsiche English sausage Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English sausagelike From sausage + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a sausage; often specifically sausage-shaped.
    • With lightly floured hands, gently shape the mixture into sausagelike links, 1 inch round by 3 inches long. 2009 January 11, Amanda Hesser, “1971: Mrs. Sebastiani’s Malfatti”, in New York Times:
    • The characteristic sausagelike soft tissue swelling may be evident. 1990, Louis F Rose, Donald Kaye, Internal medicine for dentistry:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most sausagelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
sausage-like alternative lexicographic
more sausagelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

sausagey

Translations (1)

fi makkaramainen (resembling a sausage)