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wolflike

wolflike adjective: wolfish (all senses); lupine.

Adjective

wolflike (comparative more wolflike, superlative most wolflike)

  1. Wolfish (all senses); lupine.
    • And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries through him.1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 62

Forms of wolflike

comparativemore wolflike
superlativemost wolflike

Origin of wolflike

From wolf + -like.

Questions about wolflike

What does wolflike mean?
Wolflike means wolfish (all senses); lupine.
What part of speech is wolflike?
Wolflike is an adjective.

Words near wolflike in the dictionary

  1. Wolfland
  2. wolfless
  3. wolflessness
  4. Wolfley
  5. Wolfleys
  6. wolflike
  7. wolfling
  8. wolflings
  9. wolfly
  10. wolfman
  11. wolfmen

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