-liche

Middle English

suffix
Definitions
  • Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun".
  • Appended to adjectives in order to render meaning of the adjective either more intense or more approximate.
  • Used to form adverbs from adjectives, and nouns; the adverbs having the sense of "in the manner of what is denoted by the adjective/noun".
  • Optionally appended to adverbs without suffixes with no change to the meaning.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English -līc inherited from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body form of, -like, shaped).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-līkaz

Gloss

having the body form of, -like, shaped

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