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cloaklike

adj

Etymology

From cloak + -like.

  1. derived from *klokkos✻
  2. derived from clocca — “travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”
  3. derived from cloque
  4. derived from cloke
  5. suffixed as cloaklike — “cloak + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).

    • That was defined for quite some time as any woman who was not wearing an abaya, the cloaklike covering meant to conceal the shape of a woman’s body completely.

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