gingerlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of ginger.

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

adjectivegingerlike (comparative more gingerlike, superlative most gingerlike)

comparative more gingerlike · superlative most gingerlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of ginger.

Origin

  1. Proto-Dravidian*wēr
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)
  3. Ancient Greekζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)
  4. Latinzingiberi
  5. Late Latingingiber
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gingiberō
  7. Old Englishgingifer
  8. Old Frenchgingembreinflu.
  9. Middle Englishgingivere
  10. Middle Englishgingere
  11. Englishginger
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. Englishgingerlike

From ginger + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

niggerlike
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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