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faminelike

faminelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of famine.

Adjective

faminelike (comparative more faminelike, superlative most faminelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of famine.
    • The reflex can be prompted by a faminelike diet, known as caloric restriction, which extends the life of laboratory rodents by up to 30 percent but is far too hard for most people to keep to and in any case has not been proven to work in humans.2008 June 4, Nicholas Wade, “New Hints Seen That Red Wine May Slow Aging”, in New York Times

Forms of faminelike

comparativemore faminelike
superlativemost faminelike

Origin of faminelike

From famine + -like.

Questions about faminelike

What does faminelike mean?
Faminelike means resembling or characteristic of famine.
What part of speech is faminelike?
Faminelike is an adjective.

Words near faminelike in the dictionary

  1. famine resistant
  2. famine weed
  3. faminee
  4. faminees
  5. famineless
  6. faminelike
  7. famines
  8. faming
  9. famish
  10. famished
  11. famishedly

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