Meaning

adjective cutting or able to cut as if with a knife

adjective having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

adjective painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

originEtymology tree English knife Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English knifelike From knife + -like.

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