Meanings
adjectivescripturelike (comparative more scripturelike, superlative most scripturelike)
comparative more scripturelike · superlative most scripturelike
- Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity.
1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal, The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature, page 4
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
- Proto-Italic*skreiβō
- Latinscrībō
- Latinscrīptūra
- Middle Englishscripture
- Englishscripture
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishscripturelike
Cite this entry
APA
scripturelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scripturelike
MLA
“scripturelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scripturelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scripturelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scripturelike.
Source: scripturelike on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.