Meanings
adjectiveallergylike (comparative more allergylike, superlative most allergylike)
comparative more allergylike · superlative most allergylike
- Resembling an allergy
Over a period of months, it became apparent that she had developed allergylike responses to scores of pervasive substances[…].
1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
- Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
- Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
- Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
- GermanAllergie
- Englishallergy
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishallergylike
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Cite this entry
APA
allergylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allergylike
MLA
“allergylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allergylike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allergylike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allergylike.
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