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lifelikeness
[
lahyf
-lahyk
]
Origin
life·like
/
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
/
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[
lahyf
-lahyk
]
Show IPA
adjective
resembling or simulating real
life
:
a lifelike portrait.
Origin:
1605–15;
life
+
-like
Related forms
life·like·ness,
noun
un·life·like,
adjective
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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lifelike
(ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk)
—
adj
closely resembling or representing life
'lifelikeness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
lifelike
1610s, "likely to live," from
life
+
like
(adj.). Meaning "exactly like the living original" is from 1725.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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