cowlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a cow.

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

adjectivecowlike (comparative more cowlike, superlative most cowlike)

comparative more cowlike · superlative most cowlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cow.

    He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike.

    1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Simon & Schuster, page 102

    Synonyms: cowish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a cow.

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cowish

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kō
  4. Old Englishcū
  5. Middle Englishcow
  6. Englishcow
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. Englishcowlike

From cow + -like.

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APA

cowlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowlike

MLA

“cowlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowlike.

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