pagoda-likeadj.adv.
/pəˈɡəʊdəlʌɪk/, U.S. /pəˈɡoʊdəˌlaɪk/ Resembling a pagoda. Also as adv.
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1794 J. Hurdis Tears of Affection 19 The orchis elegant, with many a tier Of fly-resembling blossoms each o'er each Pagoda-like dispos'd.
1837 R. H. Horne Cosmo De'Medici V. vii. 116 An error, As monstrous, dark, and pagod-like in state, As the united sense of right is vast In all its bright proportions!
1856 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah III. xxvii. 216 Little pagoda-like buildings.
1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 29 Busily stitching..sedent, and not squatting Pagod-like, all of a row.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. vii. 174 A fanciful pagoda-like cage.
1934 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 21 109 The hairs are of three general types, namely, spine-like hairs, Chinese pagoda-like hairs, which are broad at the base and referred to as glochidiate hairs, and those with tuberculate ‘stem’ and harpoon top.
1986 J. Richards & J. M. Mackenzie Railway Station ii. 52 A pagoda-like structure with steep-pitched roofs and much fine woodwork.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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