gamelike

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adjective

Resembling a game.

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

adjectivegamelike (comparative more gamelike, superlative most gamelike)

comparative more gamelike · superlative most gamelike

  1. Resembling a game.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  3. Old Englishgamen
  4. Middle Englishgame
  5. Englishgame
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. Englishgamelike

From game + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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