Resembling flesh in appearance, texture, or quality; having the characteristics of flesh without necessarily being actual flesh.
From 'flesh' plus '-like,' the suffix meaning 'resembling' or 'having the quality of.' The '-like' suffix is productive in English for creating comparison adjectives.
The '-like' suffix is wonderfully flexible—you can say something is 'fleshlike,' 'fish-like,' 'childlike,' or 'moonlike,' instantly creating a comparison without using 'as' or 'as if'!
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