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husklike

husklike

1 6.3
Having a dry, thin outer layer like the one on seeds or fruit
  • adjective
: similar a una cáscara
  • The garment's husklike fabric was lightweight, giving it an airy feel.

Examples

  • A shudder—a mini-seizure—rattles Bill's husklike frame, and Marlise shudders too.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And before he thought about it, he was massaging them some with his own, carefully, his skin feeling husklike to him against the raw damp of hers.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The old tree had a husklike texture that made its bark feel rough to the touch.

  • After the harvest, the husklike remains of the corn were scattered across the field.

Synonyms

chafflike
vshusklike
9.9

A dry, thin covering like the husks of grain

resembles the dry outer covering in appearance or texture rather than loose fragments

Surface Forms

husklike positive

Morphology

husklike = husk (transparent) = husk + like

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-like' on the noun 'husk', giving the clear meaning 'resembling a husk'.

Etymology

Husklike comes from husk, which means 'the dry outer shell that covers seeds or fruit', and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. Think of a seed wrapped in a thin, protective shell, and you can see why husklike describes a dry, outer look or texture.