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eightlike

eightlike adjective: shaped like a figure eight.

Adjective

eightlike (comparative more eightlike, superlative most eightlike)

  1. (rare) Shaped like a figure eight.
    • ...with the contemporaneously developing notion about the eightlike shape of the crumpled wheel and the figure eight more generally.1965, August Aichhorn, Otto Fleischmann, Paul Kramer, Helen Ross, Delinquency and child guidance: selected papers
    • For example, some scholars thought that an eightlike figure on the robe of the Virgin signified that the image was the eighth wonder of the world.2006, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Nature, empire, and nation
    Synonyms:
    octiform

Synonyms of eightlike

  • octiform

Forms of eightlike

comparativemore eightlike
superlativemost eightlike

Origin of eightlike

From eight + -like.

Questions about eightlike

What does eightlike mean?
Eightlike means shaped like a figure eight.
What part of speech is eightlike?
Eightlike is an adjective.

Words near eightlike in the dictionary

  1. eightieth
  2. eightiethly
  3. eightieths
  4. eightish
  5. eightk
  6. eightlike
  7. eightling
  8. eightlings
  9. eightness
  10. eightpence
  11. eightpences

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