desertlike

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adjective

Resembling a desert

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

adjectivedesertlike (comparative more desertlike, superlative most desertlike)

comparative more desertlike · superlative most desertlike

  1. Resembling a desert

    […] they provide views of hothouse Venus, desertlike Mars and two decidedly otherworldly moons of Jupiter: Io and Europa.

    2007 April 13, John Schwartz, “Otherworldly Photos by Galileo, Voyager & Co.”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishdesert
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishdesertlike

From desert + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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