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limelike

adj

Etymology

From lime + -like.

  1. derived from *h₂leyH-✻ — “to smear”
  2. inherited from *līmaz✻
  3. inherited from *līm✻
  4. inherited from līm
  5. inherited from lyme
  6. suffixed as limelike — “lime + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a lime (the fruit).

  2. Resembling lime (the mineral).

The neighborhood

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