Meanings
adjectivetalelike (comparative more talelike, superlative most talelike)
comparative more talelike · superlative most talelike
- Resembling or characteristic of a tale.
Such a legend—a mock one, recognized by its audience as talelike in execution and function—can be useful too, and in its light we need to broaden our conception of legends.
2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45
Origin
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talelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talelike
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“talelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “talelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talelike.
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