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asylumlike

asylumlike adjective: resembling an asylum (hospitally for the mentally ill).

Adjective

asylumlike (comparative more asylumlike, superlative most asylumlike)

  1. Resembling an asylum (hospitally for the mentally ill).

Forms of asylumlike

comparativemore asylumlike
superlativemost asylumlike

Origin of asylumlike

From asylum + -like.

Questions about asylumlike

What does asylumlike mean?
Asylumlike means resembling an asylum (hospitally for the mentally ill).
What part of speech is asylumlike?
Asylumlike is an adjective.

Words near asylumlike in the dictionary

  1. asylum seeker
  2. asylum seekers
  3. asylum shopping
  4. asylum-seeker
  5. asylum-seekers
  6. asylumlike
  7. asylums
  8. asym
  9. asymbiosis
  10. asymbiotic
  11. asymbiotically

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