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veillike

veillike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a veil.

Adjective

veillike (comparative more veillike, superlative most veillike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a veil.
    • The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of veillike

comparativemore veillike
superlativemost veillike

Origin of veillike

From veil + -like.

Questions about veillike

What does veillike mean?
Veillike means resembling or characteristic of a veil.
What part of speech is veillike?
Veillike is an adjective.

Words near veillike in the dictionary

  1. Veillette
  2. Veillettes
  3. veilleuse
  4. veilleuses
  5. Veilleux
  6. veillike
  7. Veillon
  8. veillonella
  9. veillonellae
  10. veillonellas
  11. Veillons

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