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reliclike

reliclike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a relic.

Adjective

reliclike (comparative more reliclike, superlative most reliclike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a relic.
    • It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces.2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of reliclike

comparativemore reliclike
superlativemost reliclike

Origin of reliclike

From relic + -like.

Questions about reliclike

What does reliclike mean?
Reliclike means resembling or characteristic of a relic.
What part of speech is reliclike?
Reliclike is an adjective.

Words near reliclike in the dictionary

  1. relicing
  2. relick
  3. relicked
  4. relicking
  5. relicks
  6. reliclike
  7. relicmonger
  8. relicmongers
  9. relics
  10. relict
  11. relicted

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