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talelike

talelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tale.

Adjective

talelike (comparative more talelike, superlative most talelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tale.
    • Such a legend—a mock one, recognized by its audience as talelike in execution and function—can be useful too, and in its light we need to broaden our conception of legends.2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45

Forms of talelike

comparativemore talelike
superlativemost talelike

Origin of talelike

From tale + -like.

Questions about talelike

What does talelike mean?
Talelike means resembling or characteristic of a tale.
What part of speech is talelike?
Talelike is an adjective.

Words near talelike in the dictionary

  1. taleggio
  2. taleggios
  3. Taleh
  4. taleisim
  5. taleless
  6. talelike
  7. talemonger
  8. talemongering
  9. talemongers
  10. talent
  11. talent communities

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