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talelike

adj

Etymology

From tale + -like.

  1. derived from *del-✻ — “to reckon, count”
  2. inherited from *talō✻ — “calculation, number”
  3. inherited from *talu✻
  4. inherited from talu — “tale, series, calculation”
  5. inherited from tale
  6. suffixed as talelike — “tale + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tale.

    • Such a legend—a mock one, recognized by its audience as talelike in execution and function—can be useful too, and in its light we need to broaden our conception of legends.

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