Jump to content

Christlike

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Christ +‎ -like.

Adjective

[edit]

Christlike (comparative more Christlike, superlative most Christlike)

  1. Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
    Synonym: Jesuslike
    • 1896, James S. Kennedy, “Spiritual Development of St. Paul”, in The Methodist review‎[1], page 66:
      Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.
    • 1988 December 25, G. Steven Rose, “A Brave And Charming Diplomat”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 12:
      I always wanted him to get angrier, sharper. He was too Christlike — too decent (and I am convinced he was sincere) to convey the horror, to get across just how ugly it is on the inside of life with AIDS.

Usage notes

[edit]
  • GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[1] However, Christlike and Christ-like are about equally common.[2]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
  2. ^ Christlike, Christ-like at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Christlike&oldid=81605945"