sicklelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sickle +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

sicklelike (comparative more sicklelike, superlative most sicklelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.
    • 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:
      Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.
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