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roosterlike

adj

Etymology

From rooster + -like.

  1. inherited from *hrōstaz✻ — “wooden framework; grill”
  2. inherited from *hrōst✻
  3. inherited from hrōst — “wooden framework of a roof; roost”
  4. inherited from roste — “chicken's roost; perch”
  5. suffixed as rooster — “roost + er”
  6. suffixed as roosterlike — “rooster + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rooster.

    • Nonetheless, Steven Brett, in jacket and tie, was properly roosterlike to "Little Red Rooster," and most of the piece was concerned with Mod mating rites.
    • At 44 he looks at least a decade younger, thanks to his southern California tan and a roosterlike crown of gelled red hair.

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