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menschlike

menschlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a mensch.

Adjective

menschlike (comparative more menschlike, superlative most menschlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mensch.
    • His corsucating, menschlike good humor makes you realize what’s missing in this book.2009 February 6, Dwight Garner, “The End Is Near! Now the Good News: It Could Be Groovy”, in New York Times

Forms of menschlike

comparativemore menschlike
superlativemost menschlike

Origin of menschlike

From mensch + -like.

Questions about menschlike

What does menschlike mean?
Menschlike means resembling or characteristic of a mensch.
What part of speech is menschlike?
Menschlike is an adjective.

Words near menschlike in the dictionary

  1. menschen
  2. mensches
  3. menschier
  4. menschiest
  5. menschiness
  6. menschlike
  7. menschy
  8. mense
  9. mensed
  10. menseful
  11. menseless

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