Lourdes-like

English

Etymology

From Lourdes +‎ -like.

Adjective

Lourdes-like (comparative more Lourdes-like, superlative most Lourdes-like)

1. Resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.
   • 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:

     Such was the expectant electric atmosphere of the time that our outpatient clinic acquired a Lourdes-like quality.