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tomblike

adj

Etymology

From tomb + -like.

  1. inherited from tomben
  2. derived from *tewh₂-✻ — “to swell”
  3. derived from τύμβος — “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”
  4. derived from tumba
  5. derived from tombe
  6. inherited from tombe
  7. suffixed as tomblike — “tomb + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tomb.

    • Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.
    • He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.

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