blocklike

blocklike

See also: block-like

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
English block
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English blocklike

    From block + -like.

    Adjective

    blocklike (comparative more blocklike, superlative most blocklike)

    1. Having an oblong shape
      • 2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        […] the dim, tall, blocklike shadows behind the trees make it start to look, weirdly, as if this were Central Park as painted by Vuillard.
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