snakelike

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English snake Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English snakelike From snake + -like.

1. Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.

   “I could, however, clearly distinguish that the swathed mummy-like form before me was that of a tall and lovely woman, instinct with beauty in every part, and also with a certain snake-like grace which I had never seen anything to equal before.”

2. Characteristic of or resembling a snake.

   “a snakelike forked tongue”

   “Skinks are lizards, but some species have lost their limbs over eons of evolution, giving them a snakelike look.”