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brothellike

brothellike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a brothel.

Adjective

brothellike (comparative more brothellike, superlative most brothellike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
    • I do not think that this story is intended as a critique of brothellike convents.1996, Hill Gates, China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism, page 194

Forms of brothellike

comparativemore brothellike
superlativemost brothellike

Origin of brothellike

From brothel + -like.

Questions about brothellike

What does brothellike mean?
Brothellike means resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
What part of speech is brothellike?
Brothellike is an adjective.

Words near brothellike in the dictionary

  1. Brothelgate
  2. brothelgoer
  3. brothelgoers
  4. brothelkeeper
  5. brothelkeepers
  6. brothellike
  7. brothelly
  8. brothelry
  9. brothels
  10. brother
  11. brother chip

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