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cloudlike

adj

Etymology

From cloud + -like.

  1. derived from *gel-✻ — “to ball up, clench”
  2. inherited from *klūtaz✻
  3. inherited from *klūt✻
  4. inherited from clūd — “mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”
  5. inherited from cloud
  6. suffixed as cloudlike — “cloud + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a cloud or clouds

    Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

    • Inside her chamber, the cushiony touch of her carpeted floor was cloudlike.
    • This is the chapter where things get creamy, dreamy, and cloudlike. The Polish love of cheesecakes, meringues, and cream puff–style desserts is evidenced in every café, every bakery.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA