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likenable

adj

Etymology

From liken + -able.

  1. inherited from *leyg-✻ — “like, similar; even, level”
  2. inherited from *galīkaz✻ — “like, similar; equal”
  3. inherited from ġelīċ — “like, similar”
  4. inherited from liknen — “to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”
  5. suffixed as likenable — “liken + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be likened (to something else)

    Able to be likened (to something else); comparable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for likenable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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