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Definition of Calflike
1. calf [adj] - See also: calf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calflike
Literary usage of Calflike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Greek Language and Literature by Nathaniel Fish Moore (1835)
"... calflike. To conclude; the student of the Greek language is to bear in mind,
for his encouragement, that in proportion to the multitude of words thus ..."
2. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"A dull booby is sometimes termed a CALF, or is said to be calflike, in allusion
to the clumsy gait and inanimate manner of those younglings. ..."
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