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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of measles.

Etymologies

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measles +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Howells was afflicted, measleslike, with Mark Twain’s “embellishment” contagion.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Howells was afflicted, measleslike, with Mark Twain’s “embellishment” contagion.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

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