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gnomelike

gnomelike adjective: resembling a gnome.

Adjective

gnomelike (comparative more gnomelike, superlative most gnomelike)

  1. Resembling a gnome.
    • It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17
    Synonyms:
    gnomish

Synonyms of gnomelike

Forms of gnomelike

comparativemore gnomelike
superlativemost gnomelike

Origin of gnomelike

From gnome + -like.

Questions about gnomelike

What does gnomelike mean?
Gnomelike means resembling a gnome.
What part of speech is gnomelike?
Gnomelike is an adjective.

Words near gnomelike in the dictionary

  1. gnomed
  2. gnomedom
  3. gnomefish
  4. gnomefishes
  5. gnomekind
  6. gnomelike
  7. gnomenapping
  8. gnomenappings
  9. gnomeries
  10. gnomery
  11. gnomes

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