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adjectivesalamanderlike (comparative more salamanderlike, superlative most salamanderlike)
comparative more salamanderlike · superlative most salamanderlike
- Resembling a salamander.
- Possessing the characteristics or abilities of a salamander.
Hey! How she tosses up, how far! The mounting Top-mast touch'd a Star; The Meteors blaz'd as thro' the Clouds we came, And Salamander-like, we live in Flame [...]
c. 1681, Henry Purcell, Thomas D'Urfey, “Blow, Boreas, blow”, in Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans, [Act I, scene i]
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APA
salamanderlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salamanderlike
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“salamanderlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salamanderlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salamanderlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salamanderlike.
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