linguinilike

English

Etymology

linguini +‎ -like

Adjective

linguinilike (comparative more linguinilike, superlative most linguinilike)

1. Resembling linguine.
   • 1982, California, volume 7, numbers 5–8, page 99:

     What it always is, however, is repulsive almost beyond words, a sickening, monstrously contorted afterbirth of a blob, complete with linguinilike prying tentacles, which it uses to reproduce itself.

   • 1987 July, Texas Monthly, page 36:

     Likewise for his treatment of linguinilike rice noodles sauteed with whole shrimp, pork, egg, chiles, green onions, and bean sprouts.

   • 2009 May 15, Joseph Berger, “Changing Tastes, From Lingonberry to Baba Ghanouj”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Along with hummus, baba ghanouj, and stuffed grape leaves made by Ms. Dabas, it sells barbecued spare ribs, a linguinilike string cheese called halabi, and a creamy cheesecake called knaffe that could rival the old Lindy’s cheesecake in its heyday.