eightlike

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word eightlike. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word eightlike, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say eightlike in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word eightlike you have here. The definition of the word eightlike will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofeightlike, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From eight +‎ -like.

Adjective

eightlike (comparative more eightlike, superlative most eightlike)

  1. (rare) Shaped like a figure eight.
    • 1965, August Aichhorn, Otto Fleischmann, Paul Kramer, Helen Ross, Delinquency and child guidance: selected papers:
      ...with the contemporaneously developing notion about the eightlike shape of the crumpled wheel and the figure eight more generally.
    • 2006, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Nature, empire, and nation:
      For example, some scholars thought that an eightlike figure on the robe of the Virgin signified that the image was the eighth wonder of the world.

Synonyms