cronelike

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adjective

Like a crone; old and withered.

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Meanings

adjectivecronelike (comparative more cronelike, superlative most cronelike)

comparative more cronelike · superlative most cronelike

  1. Like a crone; old and withered.

    He had come to town as a child with the old woman who had adopted him, a cronelike granny straight from a storybook.

    2009 September 13, Caryn James, “Ethnic Cleansers”, in New York Times

Origin

From crone + -like.

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APA

cronelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cronelike

MLA

“cronelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cronelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cronelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cronelike.

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