springlike

See also: spring-like

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English spring
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English springlike

    From spring + -like.

    Adjective

    springlike (comparative more springlike, superlative most springlike)

    1. (chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).
      It was a warm, clear, springlike day, though it was still the middle of December.
    2. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).

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