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faunlike

faunlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a faun.

Adjective

faunlike (comparative more faunlike, superlative most faunlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a faun.
    • Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118
    • WASPy GWM, impractically educated, clever but uncynical, slender physique but good torso (otherwise mildly unprepossessing) — 30ish but the skinny beardless faun-like demeanor is initially deceptive.1977 April 30, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14

Forms of faunlike

comparativemore faunlike
superlativemost faunlike

Origin of faunlike

From faun + -like.

Questions about faunlike

What does faunlike mean?
Faunlike means resembling or characteristic of a faun.
What part of speech is faunlike?
Faunlike is an adjective.

Words near faunlike in the dictionary

  1. faunizonal
  2. faunizone
  3. faunizones
  4. faunlet
  5. faunlets
  6. faunlike
  7. faunoiphilia
  8. faunological
  9. faunology
  10. fauns
  11. Fauntleroy

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