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lack-life

lack-life adjective: represented in such a way as to show important characteristics, rather than in a realistic or literal manner; stylized; abstract.

Adjective

lack-life (comparative more lack-life, superlative most lack-life)

  1. (nonce-word) Represented in such a way as to show important characteristics, rather than in a realistic or literal manner; stylized; abstract.
    • What influence the decorative motives of Egypt and Assyria, imported by the Phoenicians, had upon the early artists of Greece, it is again, as yet, very difficult to say, and we have to glean such scanty information as we can from what exists of archaic Greek art in pre-Phoenician strata, compared...1888 August 7, Rev. Joseph Hirst, “Opening Address of the Antiquarian Section”, in The Archaeological Journal, volume 46, number 181, Royal Archaeological Institute, published 1889, pages 31–32

Synonyms of lack-life

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Forms of lack-life

comparativemore lack-life
superlativemost lack-life

Origin of lack-life

From lack + life.

Questions about lack-life

What does lack-life mean?
Lack-life means represented in such a way as to show important characteristics, rather than in a realistic or literal manner; stylized; abstract.
What part of speech is lack-life?
Lack-life is an adjective.

Words near lack-life in the dictionary

  1. lack-graces
  2. lack-latin
  3. lack-latins
  4. lack-laughter
  5. lack-learning
  6. lack-life
  7. lack-linen
  8. lack-looks
  9. lack-love
  10. lack-loves
  11. lack-lustre

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