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egretlike

egretlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an egret.

Adjective

egretlike (comparative more egretlike, superlative most egretlike)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of an egret.
    • Instead the play focuses on Don Juan (the egretlike Rhys Ifans) as an aristocratic anachronism, a vestige of a dead age who has nothing left to do but play games and exercise his droit de seigneur.2007 February 18, Ben Brantley, “When Adaptation Is Bold Innovation”, in New York Times

Forms of egretlike

comparativemore egretlike
superlativemost egretlike

Origin of egretlike

From egret + -like.

Questions about egretlike

What does egretlike mean?
Egretlike means resembling or characteristic of an egret.
What part of speech is egretlike?
Egretlike is an adjective.

Words near egretlike in the dictionary

  1. egressively
  2. egressives
  3. egressor
  4. egressors
  5. egret
  6. egretlike
  7. egretries
  8. egretry
  9. egrets
  10. egrette
  11. egrettes

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