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Scimitar vs Scimitarlike - What's the difference?

scimitar | scimitarlike |

As a noun scimitar

is a sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

As an adjective scimitarlike is

resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.

scimitar

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
  • A long-handled billhook.
  • Derived terms

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    See also

    * falchion

    scimitarlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.
  • * 1968, , Harpoon Gunner , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59,
  • "Now he saw that they were ugly, curved, scimitarlike blades on the ends of four-foot-long handles."