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charmlike

adj

Etymology

From charm + -like.

  1. derived from *karmiz✻
  2. inherited from *karm✻
  3. inherited from ċearm
  4. inherited from charme
  5. suffixed as charmlike — “charm + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).

    • ...clergy sometimes carefully copied out herbal recipes that were to be applied with a mixture of Christian prayers and charmlike incantations.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of charm (property of subatomic particles).

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