croissantlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

croissant +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

croissantlike (comparative more croissantlike, superlative most croissantlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a croissant.
    • 2008 April 10, Roberta Smith, “Consummate Recycler Meets a Pointillist”, in New York Times[1]:
      The eye comes from the croissantlike truncation of a woman’s head in Picasso’s 1936 “Straw Hat With Blue Leaves,” a form Mr. Johns has worked with for years.