fruitlike

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adjective

Resembling fruit.

“The chewing gum had a fruitlike fragrance.”

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

adjectivefruitlike (comparative more fruitlike, superlative most fruitlike)

comparative more fruitlike · superlative most fruitlike

  1. Resembling fruit.

    The chewing gum had a fruitlike fragrance.

Origin

  1. Latinfrūctus
  2. Old Frenchfruit
  3. Middle Englishfruyt
  4. Englishfruit
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishfruitlike

From fruit + -like.

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Translations

Dutch fruitachtig
  • fruitachtigresembling fruit
German obstähnlich
  • obstähnlichresembling fruit
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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