filmlikeadj.
/ˈfɪlmlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈfɪlmˌlaɪk/ 1. = filmy adj. (in various senses).
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fine
smalleOE
subtlea1382
subtilea1398
finec1400
tearc1400
delicate?a1425
fine-spuna1555
filmy1604
cypress1605
thin-spun1638
curious1665
filmlike1804
feathery1864
pinpoint1899
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > unsubstantial or merely apparent
shadowy1374
phantom?c1450
shadowish1561
dreamish1563
fleshlessa1592
dreamya1594
shadowed1597
unreal1605
phantasmatic1607
dreamlike1615
umbratilous1637
phantasmatical1642
umbratile1647
moonshine1668
phantomical1687
visionary1697
faerie1767
filmlike1804
phantasmal1805
spectral1816
moonshiny1821
phantomatica1834
parheliacal1852
phantomic1878
translunar1927
celluloid1928
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > with a thin coating > forming a thin coating
skinny?1541
filmy1628
filmlike1804
skimming1843
1804 J. B. Elrington tr. C. M. Wieland Confessions in Elysium I. 79 The film-like reins which guide her milk-white doves, are held by one of the Graces.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind i. 9 Dreams..are film-like images which fly off from the surfaces of real objects.
1909 J. R. Mohler Tuberculin Test Cattle (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 351) 4 (note) The changes..may be followed by..marked congestion of the conjunctiva, a whitish film-like exudate over the bulbar conjunctiva.
1971 Naugatuck (Connecticut) Daily News 23 Mar. 5/2 Plaque is a soft film-like substance which forms on the teeth.
2014 Sci. Amer. July 14/1 These filmlike patches..contain incredibly thin circuits.
2. Characteristic of a film made for cinema, television, etc.; (also) relating to filmmaking, filmic.
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1916 Morning Echo (Bakersfield, Calif.) 24 Mar. 2/1 General after general and bandit after bandit appear upon the Mexican stage with film-like rapidity.
1957 R. Arnheim Film as Art 2 In a recent book, Art and Visual Perception, film and filmlike effects carry much of the chapter on motion.
2004 New Yorker 5 Jan. 91/2 To film Shakespeare was not enough—one had to dig for what was filmlike in Shakespeare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1804