magpielike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects.

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Meanings

adjectivemagpielike (comparative more magpielike, superlative most magpielike)

comparative more magpielike · superlative most magpielike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects.

    Conceived as a live spectacle without a pre-recorded soundtrack, it is also the closest he has come to a pure silent feature, not that purity is a pertinent concept in the case of the magpielike Mr. Maddin and his dense, crossbred melodramas.

    2007 May 7, Dennis Lim, “Newfangled Silent Movie With a Bit of Old Barnum”, in New York Times

Origin

From magpie + -like.

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APA

magpielike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magpielike

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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