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Etymology

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cocoon +‎ -like

Adjective

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cocoonlike (comparative more cocoonlike, superlative most cocoonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cocoon; comfortably isolating.
    • 2009 September 3, Barbara Graustark, “Pitching a Tent, Spectacularly”, in New York Times[1]:
      One of two centerpieces commissioned as a centennial homage to the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham, Ms. Hadid’s cocoonlike structure was the last guest at the party: the pavilion by the Amsterdam-based UN Studio opened — on time — in June.