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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shrinelike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling, or having characteristics of, a shrine
    • The icon is kept in a shrinelike building.

Forms

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more shrinelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most shrinelike Degree=Sup lexicographic