Resembling or having the characteristics of a file, such as being thin, flat, or having a rough surface for smoothing things.
From 'file' (from Old English 'feol', a tool for smoothing) + '-like' (Old English 'gelīc', meaning 'same' or 'similar'). The suffix '-like' was added to create an adjective meaning 'similar to a file.'
The word 'filelike' shows how English lets us create new descriptive words by simply adding '-like' to almost anything—a linguistic superpower that lets us express comparisons without learning a whole new word!
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