Pashalike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a pasha.

    "They had been in bed together all afternoon, Glass and his girl, and now at evening he was sprawled pashalike in his undershorts against a bank of pillows while Alison sat at her worktable with her back turned toward him, naked, on a red-plush piano stool, before the glowing and intently silent screen of her laptop."

Example

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"They had been in bed together all afternoon, Glass and his girl, and now at evening he was sprawled pashalike in his undershorts against a bank of pillows while Alison sat at her worktable with her back turned toward him, naked, on a red-plush piano stool, before the glowing and intently silent screen of her laptop."

Etymology

From pasha + -like.

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