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gargoylelike

gargoylelike adjective: like a gargoyle.

Adjective

gargoylelike (comparative more gargoylelike, superlative most gargoylelike)

  1. Like a gargoyle.
    • On the wall hung paintings of the djab—the devil—gargoylelike with protruding red tongues pierced by red dagger and lightning bolts […].1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 227
    • The set was enormous, with lots of big scaffolds, and there was giant statue of a gargoyle-like character with a high forehead (which we joked looked a bit like Paul Berrow).2008, Andy Taylor, Wild Boy

Forms of gargoylelike

comparativemore gargoylelike
superlativemost gargoylelike

Origin of gargoylelike

From gargoyle + -like.

Questions about gargoylelike

What does gargoylelike mean?
Gargoylelike means like a gargoyle.
What part of speech is gargoylelike?
Gargoylelike is an adjective.

Words near gargoylelike in the dictionary

  1. gargoyle gecko
  2. gargoyle geckoes
  3. gargoyle geckos
  4. gargoyled
  5. gargoyleish
  6. gargoylelike
  7. gargoyles
  8. gargoylesque
  9. gargoyley
  10. gargoylish
  11. gargoylishly

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