mittenlike

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adjective

Resembling mittens

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English mitten →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivemittenlike (comparative more mittenlike, superlative most mittenlike)

comparative more mittenlike · superlative most mittenlike

  1. Resembling mittens

    But the doctors had to amputate the top bone of the two bones in each thumb and the top two of the three bones in each of the other eight fingers, leaving her with mittenlike hands.

    1988 April 22, Steve Bogira, “A Fire in the Family”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Englishmitten
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmittenlike

From mitten + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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