Resembling or having the characteristics, manner, or appearance of a doctor.
From doctor (from Latin docere 'to teach') + like (from Old English gelīce 'having the same form'). The suffix -like has been used since Old English to mean 'having qualities of' or 'resembling.'
This word shows how English lets us create new adjectives by stacking -like onto nouns—you can make anything + like work, from 'ghostlike' to 'doctorlike,' giving English incredible flexibility that some languages don't have.
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