sicklelike

English

Etymology

sickle +‎ -like

Adjective

sicklelike (comparative more sicklelike, superlative most sicklelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.
   • 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:

     Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.