niblike

adj — 2 senses

niblike

adj

Etymology From nib + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.

Tubular awls with niblike points (like a pen point) and made from bird bones or the leg bones of certain small mammals1920, Bulletin, numbers 235-236, page 354:

niblike

adj

Etymology From nibs + -like.

1

UK, Obsolete, Slang Gentlemanly.

All my togs were so niblike and splash1878, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, page 201:

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