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purselike

purselike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a purse.

Adjective

purselike (comparative more purselike, superlative most purselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
    • […] holding his head cocked to the side and his mouth set purselike, as he always did when he was fixing to deliver a pronouncement.2002, Charles F Price, The Cock's Spur

Forms of purselike

comparativemore purselike
superlativemost purselike

Origin of purselike

From purse + -like.

Questions about purselike

What does purselike mean?
Purselike means resembling or characteristic of a purse.
What part of speech is purselike?
Purselike is an adjective.

Words near purselike in the dictionary

  1. pursefuls
  2. Pursel
  3. purselane
  4. purselanes
  5. purseless
  6. purselike
  7. Pursell
  8. Pursells
  9. Pursels
  10. pursemaker
  11. pursemakers

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