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charmlike

charmlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).

Adjective

charmlike (comparative more charmlike, superlative most charmlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).
    • ...clergy sometimes carefully copied out herbal recipes that were to be applied with a mixture of Christian prayers and charmlike incantations.2005, Julia M. H. Smith, Europe after Rome: a new cultural history 500-1000
  2. Resembling or characteristic of charm (property of subatomic particles).

Forms of charmlike

comparativemore charmlike
superlativemost charmlike

Origin of charmlike

From charm + -like.

Questions about charmlike

What does charmlike mean?
Charmlike means resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).
What part of speech is charmlike?
Charmlike is an adjective.

Words near charmlike in the dictionary

  1. charmless
  2. charmlessly
  3. charmlessness
  4. charmlet
  5. charmlets
  6. charmlike
  7. charmonia
  8. charmonium
  9. charmoniumlike
  10. charmoniums
  11. Charmouth

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