talelike
English
Etymology
tale + -like
Adjective
talelike (comparative more talelike, superlative most talelike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a tale.
- 2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45:
- Such a legend—a mock one, recognized by its audience as talelike in execution and function—can be useful too, and in its light we need to broaden our conception of legends.
- 2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45: