caretlike

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English

Etymology

From caret +‎ -like.

Adjective

caretlike (comparative more caretlike, superlative most caretlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a caret.
    • 1947, Austin Hobart Clark, Ailsa McGown Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids:
      On the succeeding segments the stem of the T becomes progressively shorter until the T is reduced to a caretlike angle with the apex inward...
    • 1968, Maggie Rennert, A moment in Camelot:
      When he released her, Marian reached up and smoothed the caretlike quirk in his eyebrow and then put her hand back in his.
    • 1992, Patrick Huyghe, Columbus was last:
      And caretlike omission signs have been found on Greek documents dating back at least as far as the fourth century BC.

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