Evelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Eve +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

Evelike (comparative more Evelike, superlative most Evelike)

  1. Resembling the Biblical Eve.
    • 1852, Eliot Warburton, Darien: Or, The Merchant Prince. A Historical Romance:
      […] a female form of exquisite grace was there ; white and soft as the down on the swan's breast, and Evelike in innocence of look and attire.
    • 1939, Addison Burbank, Guatemala profile:
      The eternal Evelike beauty that does not outmode is never found in civilized cities, but in the far corners of the world […]
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