wolflike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wolflike From wolf + -like.
Meanings
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Wolfish (all senses); lupine.
And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries through him.
1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wolflike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most wolflike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |