casketlike
kɪt, ˈkɑ noun
1.
a coffin.
2.
a small chest or box, as for jewels.
verb (used with object)
3.
to put or enclose in a casket.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < ?
1425–75; late Middle English < ?
Related forms
cas·ket·like, adjective
un·cas·ket·ed, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels |
| 2. | chiefly (US) another name for coffin |
| [C15: probably from Old French cassette little box; see | |
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Casketlike
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
casket
1461, "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly formed as a dim. of Eng. cask, or from Norm.-Fr. cassette, from M.Fr. casset (see cassette). Meaning of "coffin" is Amer.Eng., probably euphemistic, first attested 1849.
"Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all." [Hawthorne, 1863]
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