Resembling or characteristic of a young horse; similar to a colt in appearance, behavior, or manner.
From 'colt' + '-like' (resembling or characteristic of), where '-like' comes from Old English 'gelic' meaning 'similar' or 'alike.' This suffix has created comparative adjectives in English for over 1,000 years.
'-Like' is one of the most productive suffixes in modern English because it lets us spontaneously describe anything by comparing it to something else—you could say 'robot-like' or 'cloud-like' even if those compounds aren't in the dictionary.
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