Obelisklike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling an obelisk.

    "She just happens to have both in her dressing room, a personalized nook she has decorated with an Oriental theme: hanging paper lanterns, tiny colored lights and a pricey obelisklike lamp from a splurge downtown at the Pearl River shop."

Example

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"She just happens to have both in her dressing room, a personalized nook she has decorated with an Oriental theme: hanging paper lanterns, tiny colored lights and a pricey obelisklike lamp from a splurge downtown at the Pearl River shop."

Etymology

From obelisk + -like.

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