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golemlike

golemlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a golem.

Adjective

golemlike (comparative more golemlike, superlative most golemlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a golem.
    • Painted in garish colours, they alternately depict scenes from Palestinian life, weddings, Iftar feasts and suchlike, and Surrealist amalgams of martyrs and monsters, including a golemlike figure inscribed ‘Pinochet’. Together they assert that for Palestinians daily existence itself constitutes...2015 August 26, Joshua Mack, “Sharjah Biennial 12”, in ArtReview, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024
    • Also, Puttermesser has periodontal disease. This is significant only because Xanthippe is brought to life, golemlike, by the magical letters stuffed into her mouth.2016 December 25, Anne Roiphe, “Cynthia Ozick’s Golem Story Is a Fairy Tale of Sexual Obsession and Dentistry”, in The Forward, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2022

Forms of golemlike

comparativemore golemlike
superlativemost golemlike

Origin of golemlike

From golem + -like.

Questions about golemlike

What does golemlike mean?
Golemlike means resembling or characteristic of a golem.
What part of speech is golemlike?
Golemlike is an adjective.

Words near golemlike in the dictionary

  1. Golembiewski
  2. Golembiewskis
  3. Golembiowski
  4. golemesque
  5. golemic
  6. golemlike
  7. golems
  8. Golenbock
  9. Golenbocks
  10. Goleo
  11. goles

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