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godfatherlike

godfatherlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a mafia leader; implacable, having understated power, etc.

Adjective

godfatherlike (comparative more godfatherlike, superlative most godfatherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mafia leader; implacable, having understated power, etc.
    • The story had at its centre a godfatherlike figure of larger-than-life stature, and all the elements of a tragic drama.2008, Susan Long, The perverse organisation and its deadly sins, page 69

Forms of godfatherlike

comparativemore godfatherlike
superlativemost godfatherlike

Origin of godfatherlike

From godfather + -like, referring to Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather (1969) and subsequent films about a Sicilian Mafia family.

Questions about godfatherlike

What does godfatherlike mean?
Godfatherlike means resembling or characteristic of a mafia leader; implacable, having understated power, etc.
What part of speech is godfatherlike?
Godfatherlike is an adjective.

Words near godfatherlike in the dictionary

  1. godfathered
  2. godfatherhood
  3. godfathering
  4. godfatherism
  5. godfatherless
  6. godfatherlike
  7. godfatherly
  8. godfathers
  9. godfathership
  10. godfatherships
  11. Godfearer

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