Purselike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
"[…] holding his head cocked to the side and his mouth set purselike, as he always did when he was fixing to deliver a pronouncement."
Example
More examples"[…] holding his head cocked to the side and his mouth set purselike, as he always did when he was fixing to deliver a pronouncement."
Etymology
From purse + -like.
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