messiahlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a messiah.

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

adjectivemessiahlike (comparative more messiahlike, superlative most messiahlike)

comparative more messiahlike · superlative most messiahlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a messiah.

Origin

  1. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  2. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  3. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  4. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  5. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  6. LatinMessīās
  7. Middle EnglishMessyas
  8. Englishmessiah
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Englishmessiahlike

From messiah + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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