Resembling every type or kind; similar to everything or everyone in some way; having universal appeal or characteristics.
Compound of 'every' and 'like' (Old English 'gelīc', resembling). This formation is rare and archaic, attempting to create an adjective meaning 'resembling all things'.
This word shows how Middle and Old English speakers could stack morphemes creatively—'everylike' would have meant something universally relatable, a concept we now express with simpler words like 'universal'!
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