needlelike

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom

Proto-Germanic *nēþlą

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Germanic *-ō

Proto-Germanic *nēþlō

Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu

Old English nǣdl

Middle English nedle

English needle

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -like

English -like

English needlelike

From needle + -like.

needlelike (comparative more needlelike, superlative most needlelike)

Resembling a needle in shape.
Coordinate terms: pinlike, dartlike, spindlelike, fusiform, wirelike
- 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.