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currylike

currylike adjective: resembling curry (the spicy food) or some aspect of it.

Adjective

currylike (comparative more currylike, superlative most currylike)

  1. Resembling curry (the spicy food) or some aspect of it.
    • The odor is best described as strongly penetrating, irritating, fatty, overpowering, currylike, heavy, spicy, warm, and persistent, even after drying out.1999, Kenneth T. Farrell, Spices, Condiments and Seasonings, page 85
    • It also lacks the pungent aroma of sagebrush, instead imparting only a subtle currylike smell to the air.2007, Richard Cannings, The Rockies: A Natural History

Forms of currylike

comparativemore currylike
superlativemost currylike

Origin of currylike

From curry + -like.

Questions about currylike

What does currylike mean?
Currylike means resembling curry (the spicy food) or some aspect of it.
What part of speech is currylike?
Currylike is an adjective.

Words near currylike in the dictionary

  1. currying favour
  2. curryings
  3. curryjong
  4. curryjongs
  5. curryless
  6. currylike
  7. currymuncher
  8. currymunchers
  9. currywhore
  10. currywhores
  11. currywurst

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