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matchlike

adj

Etymology

From match + -like.

  1. derived from *mag-✻ — “to knead, work”
  2. derived from *makô✻
  3. inherited from *makkjō✻
  4. inherited from mæċċa
  5. inherited from macche
  6. suffixed as matchlike — “match + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a match (stick for igniting a fire).

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a match (sporting contest).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for matchlike. 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