dungeonlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon.

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

adjectivedungeonlike (comparative more dungeonlike, superlative most dungeonlike)

comparative more dungeonlike · superlative most dungeonlike · alternative dungeon-like

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon.

    The massive bricks and low arches of this hall make it dungeonlike, even ovenlike.

    1988 January 29, Kitry Krause, “Casting Out the Nazis”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Englishdungeon
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishdungeonlike

From dungeon + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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