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promlike

promlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a prom.

Adjective

promlike (comparative more promlike, superlative most promlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a prom.
    • Fathers escort their daughters to these promlike balls, where at some point — between the dancing, food, and entertainment (largely involving little girls doing ballet around big wooden crosses) — the girls recite a pledge vowing to be chaste until marriage...2009, Jessica Valenti, The purity myth, page 65

Forms of promlike

comparativemore promlike
superlativemost promlike

Origin of promlike

From prom + -like.

Questions about promlike

What does promlike mean?
Promlike means resembling or characteristic of a prom.
What part of speech is promlike?
Promlike is an adjective.

Words near promlike in the dictionary

  1. promist
  2. promitochondria
  3. promitochondrion
  4. promitogenic
  5. promizole
  6. promlike
  7. prommed
  8. prommer
  9. prommers
  10. prommied
  11. prommies

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