Charmlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a charm (object or act possessing magic power).

    "...clergy sometimes carefully copied out herbal recipes that were to be applied with a mixture of Christian prayers and charmlike incantations."

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of charm (property of subatomic particles).

Example

More examples

"...clergy sometimes carefully copied out herbal recipes that were to be applied with a mixture of Christian prayers and charmlike incantations."

Etymology

From charm + -like.

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