booklike

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adjective

Resembling a book.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English book →
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Meanings

adjectivebooklike (comparative more booklike, superlative most booklike)

comparative more booklike · superlative most booklike

  1. Resembling a book.

    Page by page the booklike maps show country lanes, farmhouses and churches with arrows indicating the correct route.

    2007 November 23, William Grimes, “From the Glove Compartment to the Shelf”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. Englishbooklike

From book + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

booklike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklike

MLA

“booklike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booklike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklike.

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