patchlike

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adjective

Resembling a patch or patchwork

“The fish has patchlike coloration.”

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

adjectivepatchlike (comparative more patchlike, superlative most patchlike)

comparative more patchlike · superlative most patchlike

  1. Resembling a patch or patchwork

    The fish has patchlike coloration.

Origin

  1. Englishpatch
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishpatchlike

From patch + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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