cryptlike

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adjective

Resembling a crypt

“We climbed down into the cryptlike cellar.”

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

adjectivecryptlike (comparative more cryptlike, superlative most cryptlike)

comparative more cryptlike · superlative most cryptlike

  1. Resembling a crypt

    We climbed down into the cryptlike cellar.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκρύπτω (krúptō)
  2. Ancient Greekκρυπτή (kruptḗ)
  3. Latincrypta
  4. Englishcrypt
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishcryptlike

From crypt + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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