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scimitarlike

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, "Now he saw that they were ugly, curved, scimitarlike blades on the ends of four-foot-long handles."

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From scimitar + -like.