tarnlike

T1A1R1N1L1I1K5E1

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a tarn.

Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivetarnlike (comparative more tarnlike, superlative most tarnlike)

comparative more tarnlike · superlative most tarnlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tarn.

    Pnin suggested leaving the luggage and walking one block—if Victor was not afraid of the rain (it was pouring hard, and the asphalt glistened in the darkness, tarnlike, under large, noisy trees).

    1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.8, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 104

Origin

From tarn + -like.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: tarnlike on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.