witch-like in English

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  "etymology_text": "From witch + -like.",
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      "form": "more witch-like",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "most witch-like",
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          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 471:",
          "text": "`Hail!' squeaked Arumugam, witch-like.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 34:",
          "text": "Witch-like she smiled and moved away.",
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        }
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        "Like a witch."
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    }
  ],
  "word": "witch-like"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "witch",
        "3": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "witch + -like",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From witch + -like.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more witch-like",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most witch-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witch-like (comparative more witch-like, superlative most witch-like)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 471:",
          "text": "`Hail!' squeaked Arumugam, witch-like.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 34:",
          "text": "Witch-like she smiled and moved away.",
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        }
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        "Like a witch."
      ],
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          "witch"
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    }
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  "word": "witch-like"
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"witch-like" meaning in English

Adjective