unmoblike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ moblike

Adjective[edit]

unmoblike (comparative more unmoblike, superlative most unmoblike)

  1. Unlike a mob.
    • 1828, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, volume 25, page 614:
      Altogether, the immense crowd, the variety and brightness of the costume, the valuable ornaments and beauty of the children, the cheerfulness and unmoblike demeanour of the people as they shower down flowers and chaplets []
    • 2008 June 4, John Eligon, “Emotion-Tinged Testimony Against Union Officials”, in New York Times[1]:
      And the session included some very unmoblike moments: he broke down several times when asked about his separation from his family, providing a view into the tattered life of a man whose fall was as rapid as his rise.