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doppel-

doppel- prefix: indicating remarkable similarity to, or duplication of, the referenced person or object.

Prefix

doppel-

  1. Indicating remarkable similarity to, or duplication of, the referenced person or object.
    • "It helps when she's doing non-Susany stuff, like bowling and getting close with Lucy, but she was an extroverted doppel-Susan away from the lanes."2019 August 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Aug 12, 2019

Origin of doppel-

Back-formation from doppelganger.

Questions about doppel-

What does doppel- mean?
Doppel- means indicating remarkable similarity to, or duplication of, the referenced person or object.
What part of speech is doppel-?
Doppel- is a prefix.

Words near doppel- in the dictionary

  1. Dopp
  2. dopp kit
  3. dopp kits
  4. dopped
  5. doppel
  6. doppel-
  7. doppelbanger
  8. doppelbangers
  9. doppelbock
  10. doppelbocks
  11. doppelganger

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