koanlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a koan: cryptic, concise, thought-provoking, etc.

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Meanings

adjectivekoanlike (comparative more koanlike, superlative most koanlike)

comparative more koanlike · superlative most koanlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a koan: cryptic, concise, thought-provoking, etc.

    There is a koanlike suggestiveness to it all.

    2007 January 23, Dinitia Smith, “A Career in Letters, 50 Years and Counting”, in New York Times

Origin

From koan + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kaonlike
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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