adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He drew a womblike shape in the sand.
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womblike
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adj
Meaning 2
Resembling an infant's experience of the womb
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English womb Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English womblike From womb + -like.