Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
pear or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pearlike.
Examples
-
Lee Reich, author of Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden, channels Humbert Humbert when discussing an odd little Yugoslavian pearlike fruit called the Shipova: Shipova.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
Sinking my teeth into one of the scarlet pearlike jambos makes me think of crunching on refreshingly sweet Styrofoam.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
Lee Reich, author of Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden, channels Humbert Humbert when discussing an odd little Yugoslavian pearlike fruit called the Shipova: Shipova.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
Sinking my teeth into one of the scarlet pearlike jambos makes me think of crunching on refreshingly sweet Styrofoam.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
Lee Reich, author of Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden, channels Humbert Humbert when discussing an odd little Yugoslavian pearlike fruit called the Shipova: Shipova.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
Sinking my teeth into one of the scarlet pearlike jambos makes me think of crunching on refreshingly sweet Styrofoam.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
-
The pearlike glaze helped cover the slight dryness of the meat.
The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001
-
Once the beast stumbled and the pearlike lump of flesh insulted it, saying:
Jason Justus Miles Forman 1895
-
The cocher, a torpid, purplish lump of gross flesh, pyramidal, pearlike, sat immobile in his place.
Jason Justus Miles Forman 1895
-
This apple has at first an exceedingly high flavor, a combination of sweetness and tartness which later mellows into pearlike richness.
Chicago Reader 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.