talelike

English

Etymology

tale +‎ -like

Adjective

talelike (comparative more talelike, superlative most talelike)

1. 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.

Related terms

• fairytalelike