what-likeadj.n.

Forms: (Also as two words.)

Etymology: originally Scots: < what pron., adj.¹, and adv. + like adj. (q.v. 1c), as in ‘What is he like?’, after such-like adj. and pron.

archaic and dialect.

a. interrogative. Of what appearance or aspect; of what kind or character. (Usually predicative.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] > of this kind > of what or which kind

whicheOE

which-likea1663

what-like1719

1719 A. Ramsay Poems (1945) I. 214 To speer what like a Carlie is he.

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 37 What like may your lassie be?

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 281 I should be glad to know myself what like the fellow was.

1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. 309 It would be interesting to know what like man was in the primeval paradise.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ix. 140 What like is Miss Havisham?

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ii. 16 She knows Miss Abbey of old, remind her, and she knows what-like the home, and what-like the friend, is likely to turn out.

1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids i. 751 Meanwhile unhappy Dido..asked..With what-like arms Aurora's son had come unto the King.

1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 443/1 What-like hat had he on?

1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow xii. 150 Now you tell me—what like are the Blick laddies?

b. as n. Aspect, appearance.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1853 C. C. Leitch in Mem. (1856) 125 The..questions of the whereabouts and the what-like of a new bungalow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	what-like
释义	what-likeadj.n. Forms: (Also as two words.) Etymology: originally Scots: < what pron., adj.¹, and adv. + like adj. (q.v. 1c), as in ‘What is he like?’, after such-like adj. and pron. archaic and dialect. a. interrogative. Of what appearance or aspect; of what kind or character. (Usually predicative.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] > of this kind > of what or which kind whicheOE which-likea1663 what-like1719 1719 A. Ramsay Poems (1945) I. 214 To speer what like a Carlie is he. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 37 What like may your lassie be? 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 281 I should be glad to know myself what like the fellow was. 1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. 309 It would be interesting to know what like man was in the primeval paradise. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ix. 140 What like is Miss Havisham? 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ii. 16 She knows Miss Abbey of old, remind her, and she knows what-like the home, and what-like the friend, is likely to turn out. 1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids i. 751 Meanwhile unhappy Dido..asked..With what-like arms Aurora's son had come unto the King. 1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 443/1 What-like hat had he on? 1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow xii. 150 Now you tell me—what like are the Blick laddies? b. as n. Aspect, appearance.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1853 C. C. Leitch in Mem. (1856) 125 The..questions of the whereabouts and the what-like of a new bungalow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.1719
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