museumlike

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adjective

Resembling a museum; especially, full of antiquities or memorabilia

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

adjectivemuseumlike (comparative more museumlike, superlative most museumlike)

comparative more museumlike · superlative most museumlike

  1. Resembling a museum; especially, full of antiquities or memorabilia

    So when Greg Sargis and Joan Davey were trading Mayor Mike stories Friday at the fire marshal's office in Hartford's museumlike Fire Department headquarters, they could have been channeling discussions held all over town.

    2009 January 11, Peter Applebome, “What Hartford Lost When It Lost Its Mayor Mike”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishmuseum
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmuseumlike

From museum + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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