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dervishlike

dervishlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dervish.

Adjective

dervishlike (comparative more dervishlike, superlative most dervishlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dervish.

Forms of dervishlike

comparativemore dervishlike
superlativemost dervishlike

Origin of dervishlike

From dervish + -like.

Questions about dervishlike

What does dervishlike mean?
Dervishlike means resembling or characteristic of a dervish.
What part of speech is dervishlike?
Dervishlike is an adjective.

Words near dervishlike in the dictionary

  1. Dervish state
  2. dervishes
  3. dervishhood
  4. dervishism
  5. dervishization
  6. dervishlike
  7. Dervock
  8. derweesh
  9. derweeshes
  10. Derwen
  11. Derwenlas

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