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parablelike

parablelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a parable.

Adjective

parablelike (comparative more parablelike, superlative most parablelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a parable.
    • The unnamed narrator of Whitehead’s parablelike third novel is a cynical “nomenclature consultant,” who devises names for such products as Apex, a Band-Aid knockoff sold in a variety of skin tones.2007 February 4, Ihsan Taylor, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times

Forms of parablelike

comparativemore parablelike
superlativemost parablelike

Origin of parablelike

From parable + -like.

Questions about parablelike

What does parablelike mean?
Parablelike means resembling or characteristic of a parable.
What part of speech is parablelike?
Parablelike is an adjective.

Words near parablelike in the dictionary

  1. parablast
  2. parablastic
  3. parablasts
  4. parable
  5. parabled
  6. parablelike
  7. parablepses
  8. parablepsia
  9. parablepsis
  10. parablepsy
  11. parables

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