English

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Etymology

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scimitar +‎ -like

Adjective

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scimitarlike (comparative more scimitarlike, superlative most scimitarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.
    • 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59,
      "Now he saw that they were ugly, curved, scimitarlike blades on the ends of four-foot-long handles."