Batlike
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
"[…] they cling, like creepers or women, to the nearest support, to fly from that corroding ennui and listlessness, those tumults of the mind, which flit batlike amid the golden-groined ceilings, and cannot be dispelled by the lictor guard."
- 2 Similar to that of a bat.
"His sketches show the details of batlike wings which were to spread out on the downward stroke and fold up with the upward stroke."
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More examples"[…] they cling, like creepers or women, to the nearest support, to fly from that corroding ennui and listlessness, those tumults of the mind, which flit batlike amid the golden-groined ceilings, and cannot be dispelled by the lictor guard."
Etymology
From bat + -like.
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