skeletonlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From skeleton + -like.
Meanings
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Like a skeleton.
The myriads of tiny twinkling lights with their background of mysterious half darkness, the skeletonlike forms of the massive buildings, barely revealed, and[…]
1913, Rex Stout, Her Forbidden Knight, Carroll & Graf, published 1997, →ISBN, page 167:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most skeletonlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more skeletonlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |