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niblike

niblike adjective: resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.

Adjective (1)

niblike (comparative more niblike, superlative most niblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.
    • Tubular awls with niblike points (like a pen point) and made from bird bones or the leg bones of certain small mammals1920, Bulletin, numbers 235-236, page 354

Adjective (2)

niblike (comparative more niblike, superlative most niblike)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Gentlemanly.
    • All my togs were so niblike and splash1878, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, page 201

Forms of niblike

comparativemore niblike
superlativemost niblike

Origin of niblike

From nib + -like.

From nibs + -like.

Questions about niblike

What does niblike mean?
Niblike means resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.
What part of speech is niblike?
Niblike is an adjective.

Words near niblike in the dictionary

  1. niblick shot
  2. niblick shots
  3. niblicked
  4. niblicking
  5. niblicks
  6. niblike
  7. nibling
  8. niblings
  9. Niblock
  10. Niblocks
  11. NIBMAR

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